C 4973

Text Information

Siglum
C 4973
Alternative Sigla
Dunand 959
Transliteration
l ʿmd bn ms¹k bn ʿmd bn mlk w wld h- mʿz (w) rʿy -h bql b- ḏkr
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Translation
By ʿmd son of Ms¹k son of ʿmd son of Mlk and he helped the goats to give birth {and} pastured them on spring herbage when the sun was in Aries.
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
C: l ʿmd bn ms¹k bn ʿmd bn mlk w wld h- mʿz w rʿy -h b- ql b- ḏkr

Editio Princeps
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  • Al-Jallad, A. An Ancient Arabian Zodiac. The Constellations in the Safaitic Inscriptions. Part II. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 27, 2016: 84–106.
  • [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 right bank of Wādī Ġarz, near the track from Ǧabal al-ʿArab [formerly Ǧabal al-Drūz ] to al-Namārah, Al-Suwaydāʾ (al-Sweidah) or Rif Dimašq Governorates, Syria
Date Found
1920s and 1930s
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0008177
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA