C 4304

Siglum
C 4304
Alternative Sigla
Vogüé 359
Transliteration
l mty bn ʾ(ẓ)lm w rḥb ---- f (h) rḍw rw(ḥ) m- h- ḍf
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Translation
By Mty son of ʾẓlm and he welcomed ---- and so O Rḍw [grant] relief from the Ḍf
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
C: w rḥ b- rʿ "and he began to go forward with fear [?]" for w rḥb ---- "and he welcomed ----".

  • Butler, H.C., Norris, F.A., Stoever, E.R. Geography and Itinerary. Syria: Publications of the Princeton University, Archaeological Expeditions to Syria in 1904-1905 (Division I, Section A: by E.R. Stoever from the notes and journal of F.A. Norris) and 1909 (Division I, Section B: by H.C. Butler). Leiden: Brill, 1930.
  • de Vogüé, M. Syrie Centrale. Architecture civile et religieuse du 1er au VIIe siècle. (2 tomes). Tome première: Texte, planches 1–58. Tome seconde: Planches suite. Paris: Noblet & Baudry, 1865.
  • [Vogüé] de Vogüé, M. Syrie Centrale. Inscriptions sémitiques. Paris: Baudry, 1868-1877.
  • [C] Ryckmans, G. Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum: Pars Quinta, Inscriptiones Saracenicae Continens: Tomus I, Fasciculus I, Inscriptiones Safaiticae. Paris: E Reipublicae Typographeo, 1950–1951.
  • [Wetzstein II] Wetzstein, J.G. Reisebericht über Hauran und die Trachonen nebst einem Anhange über die sabäischen Denkmäler in Ostsyrien. Berlin: Reimer, 1860.
Site
On a cairn at Al-Qaraʾah some two hours ride west of al-Kusayrah, (see de Vogüé 1868–1877, p. 147), Al-Suwaydāʾ (al-Sweidah) Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1861, 1862
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Deity, Genealogy, Group (in the narrative), Isolated Prayer
Old OCIANA ID
#0007508
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