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C 922

Siglum
C 922
Alternative Sigla
LSI 130
Transliteration
l ḥyn bn ẓnʾl
Translation
By Ḥyn son of Ẓnʾl

Interpretation

Provenance
We have not been able to identify this place. Littmann (1904: 166) writes: "On the northern road between the Ḥaurān and the Ruḥbah, nearly five hours west of al-Rimthah and two hours east of al-Mālikīyah, there is a locality called Minṭār al-Azʿar, with traces of former encampments."

  • Ryckmans, G. Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum: Pars Quinta, Inscriptiones Saracenicae Continens: Tomus I, Fasciculus I, Inscriptiones Safaiticae. Paris: E Reipublicae Typographeo, 1950–1951.
  • Littmann, E. Semitic Inscriptions. Part IV of the Publications of an American Archaeological Expedition to Syria in 1899-1900. New York: Century, 1904.
Site
Minṭār al-Azʿar, Al-Suwaydāʾ (al-Sweidah) Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1900
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0004548
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