C 3744

Siglum
C 3744
Alternative Sigla
Dussaud M 274
Transliteration
l ḫbht bn ṭḥlt {w} h (y)(ṯ)ʿ s¹ʿd -h m- bʾs¹ h- s¹nt w nqmt m- ḏ {b}hnlmlʾ
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Translation
By Ḫbht son of Ṭḥlt {and} O {Yṯʿ} help him against misfortune this year and retribution on him who {b}hnlmlʾ
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
C: ḫb(l)t for ḫbht; (y)kn (h-) mlʾ "rubs out this inscription" for bhnlmlʾ; Winnett 1941: 347: bhr (h-) mlʾ "accused {him} falsely"

  • [Dussaud M] Dussaud, R. & Macler, F. Mission dans les régions désertiques de la Syrie moyenne. Extrait des /Nouvelles Archives des Missions Scientifiques/, t. X [p. 405-744, ps. 1-31 ]. Paris: Imprimerie nationale / Leroux, 1903.
  • [C] Ryckmans, G. Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum: Pars Quinta, Inscriptiones Saracenicae Continens: Tomus I, Fasciculus I, Inscriptiones Safaiticae. Paris: E Reipublicae Typographeo, 1950–1951. pp 347
  • Winnett, F.V. References to Jesus in Pre-Islamic Arabic Inscriptions. The Muslim World 31, 1941: 341-353.
Site
"Between al-Namārah and al-Ḥifnah" (C p. 462), Al-Suwaydāʾ (al-Sweidah) or Rif Dimašq Governorates, Syria
Date Found
1901
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Deity, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Revenge
Old OCIANA ID
#0006948
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA

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OCIANA, 'C 3744,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/150. Accessed: 06 Mar, 2026.