C 4985

Siglum
C 4985
Alternative Sigla
Dunand 966 a
Transliteration
l zdʾl bn nġft bn ʾʿly bn ḍḥy bn ḥwq bn kwnt bn s²wʾ w ḥḍr ḫlqt mlḥ w ḏkr w ʾmt w s¹lḥ h- ʾbl mdbr w zrʿ h- rḥ(----)bt f h ʾlt s¹lm w nqʾt l- ḏ yʿwr
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Translation
By Zdʾl son of Nġft son of ʾʿly son of Ḍḥy son of Ḥwq son of Kwnt son of S²wʾ and he remained at permanent water in the periods of Aquarius, Aries and Libra [i.e. an entire year] during which he pastured the camels on slḥ-plants in the inner desert and sowed this Rḥbt so O ʾlt let there be security and ejection from the grave upon him who would scratch out
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
C: l zdʾl bn nġft bn ʾʿly bn ḍḥy bn ḥwq bn kwnt bn s²wʾ w ḥḍr ḫlqt mlḥ w ḏkr w ʾmt w s¹lḥ h- ʾbl mdbr w zrʿ h- rḥbt f h ʾlt s¹lm w nqʾt l- ḏ yʿwr NAEN p. 23 32 n. 5: w ḥḍr ḫlqt mlḥ w ḏkr w ʾmt w s¹lḥ h- ʾbl mdbr w zrʿ h- rḥbt "and he camped at Ḫlqt Mlḥ and Ḏkr and ʾmt; and he drove the camels into the desert and sowed this raḥaba". MDSI p. 303 n. 1: w s¹lḥ h- ʾbl mdbr w zrʿ h- rḥbt "and he drove the camels into the desert and he sowed the Ruḥba" MNH p. 316 n. 88 : on zrʿ in the inscriptions; p. 317: w zrʿ h- rḥbt - and he sowed this raḥaba.

Editio Princeps
OCIANA

  • Al-Jallad, A.M. An ancient Arabian zodiac. The constellations in the Safaitic inscriptions, Part I. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 25, 2014: 214-230.
  • [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
#0008189
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA