C 923
Text Information
- Siglum
- C 923
- Alternative Sigla
- LSI 131
- Transliteration
- l ṣ{b}ḥ bn grmʾl bn mrʾ bn [ʿ]hd bn gḏly bn ʿ{b}{d}
- Translation
- By Ṣbḥ son of Grmʾl son of Mrʾ son of ʿhd son of Gḏly son of ʿbd
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
- #0004549
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