C 4743

Siglum
C 4743
Alternative Sigla
Dunand 942 b
Transliteration
l ẓn bn ṭhr bn qn h- ḍrs¹
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Translation
Ẓn son of Ṭhr son of Qn was in this land of scattered herbage
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
C: ḍrs¹ 'pasture" for "land of scattered herbage"
Commentary
The word ḍrs¹ could be interpreted on the basis of Classical Arabic ḍars "land of which the herbage is here or there and on which rain has fallen here or there" (Lane 1785 c).

  • [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
Date Found
1920s and 1930s
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0007947
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA