C 4717

Siglum: C 4717
Alternative Sigla: Dunand 925
Transliteration: l ḫyḏt bn ḫbṯ bn s¹m(k) bn s¹wr bn mlk w rʿy h- nḫl bql w ngʿ b- ry s¹rqt f h bʿls¹m[n] {ġ}n(y)t
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Translation: By Ḫyḏt son of Ḫbṯ son of {S¹mk} son of S¹wr son of Mlk and he pastured the valley on spring herbage which was wholesome because it was well-watered s¹rqt and so O {Bʿls¹mn} [grant] {abundance}
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Language and Script: Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: C: b- ql "in scarcity" for "spring herbage"; ngʿ b- ry srqt "he wept because the land was watered : he was plundered [?]" for "which was wholesome because it was well-watered s¹rqt"
Commentary: The verb ngʿ has several meanings in Safaitic. Here, it seems to refer to the quality of the pasture, compare Classical Arabic naǧaʿa "to be wholesome, beneficial [food]" (Hava p. 752a). Here we would suggest it is in a circumstance clause refering to the clause rʿy h- nḫl bql. The phrase b-ry would then give the reason it was beneficial, compare Classical Arabic riyy "[in relation to plants herbage, or to trees] the state of having plentiful irrigation...." (Lane 1195c]. We are unable to suggest a meaning for s¹rqt here.

[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.
[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

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