C 4677

Text Information

Siglum
C 4677
Alternative Sigla
Dunand 887 a
Transliteration
l ks¹ṭ bn rnḥ bn ʿlq w dṯʾ h- ʿrḍ s¹nt {ḥ}w(r) ʾl yẓr
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Translation
By Ks¹ṭ son of Rnḥ son of ʿlq and he spent the season of later rains on the side of this valley the year the ʾl Yẓr {returned}
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
C: ḥwl ʾl yẓr "ʾl Yẓr migrated" for {ḥ}w(r) ʾl yẓr "ʾl Yẓr {returned}".
Commentary
It is difficult to see how C achieved his interpretation of hwl as "migrated". The reading and interpretation here are offered tentatively.

  • [C] Ryckmans, G. Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum: Pars Quinta, Inscriptiones Saracenicae Continens: Tomus I, Fasciculus I, Inscriptiones Safaiticae. Paris: E Reipublicae Typographeo, 1950–1951.
Site
On the left bank of Wādī Ġarz, beside the track leading from Damascus to the Ruḥbah (C p. 579), Al-Suwaydāʾ (al-Sweidah) or Rif Dimašq Governorates, Syria
Date Found
1920s and 1930s
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Date (s¹nt), Genealogy, Group (in the narrative), Season, Topographic features
Old OCIANA ID
#0007881
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OCIANA. 'C 4677.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/15700. Accessed: 22 Jun, 2025.