C 4681

Siglum
C 4681
Alternative Sigla
WGLR 3, Dunand 891
Transliteration
l ḫlṣ bn gʿl bn mṭr w bny h- ẓlt s¹nt ʿrb h- bġyt {b-} h- rḥbt f lt s¹lm w ʿwr l- ḏ yʿwr
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Translation
By Ḫlṣ son of Gʿl son of Mṭr and he built the small shelter the year the torrents [resulting from] much rain [came] to this raḥaba, so Lt, may he be secure, but [inflict] blindness on him who would scratch out [the inscription]
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
C: (s¹)nt ʿrb h- bġ{l}t (b) h- rḥbt "the year he noted mules in the Rḥbt" for h- bġ{y}t Macdonald 1992: 33, n.7: s¹nt ʿrb h- bġyt {b-} h- rḥbt - "the year of the torrents of much rain in this raḥaba".

Editio Princeps
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  • [Hava] Hava, J.G. Al-Faraid Arabic-English Dictionary. Fifth edition. Beirut: Dār al-Mašriq, 1982.
  • [Lane] Lane, E.W. An Arabic-English Lexicon, Derived from the Best and Most Copious Eastern Sources. (Volume 1 in 8 parts [all published]). London: Williams & Norgate, 1863-1893.
  • [NAEN] Macdonald, M.C.A. North Arabian Epigraphic Notes I. Arabian archaeology and epigraphy 3, 1992: 23-43.
  • [C] Ryckmans, G. Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum: Pars Quinta, Inscriptiones Saracenicae Continens: Tomus I, Fasciculus I, Inscriptiones Safaiticae. Paris: E Reipublicae Typographeo, 1950–1951.
  • [WGLR] Inscriptions recorded by the Safaitic Epigraphic Survey Programme in 1995 on the left bank of Wādī Gharz near its debouchment into the Ruḥbah, and published here.
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
Building, Curse, Date (s¹nt), Deity, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Structure, Topographic features, Weather
Old OCIANA ID
#0007885
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA