C 4866

Siglum
C 4866
Alternative Sigla
Dunand 1092
Transliteration
l ḥny bn ʾk---- bn b----s¹ bn {ʾ}ʿl bn hgml h- dr s¹nt ws¹q bn rm nbṭ
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Translation
By Ḥny son of ʾk---- son of B----s¹ son of ʾʿl son of Hgml was here the year of the struggle between Rome and the Nabataeans
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
C: s¹nt ws¹q bn rm nbṭ "the in which the Bn Rm pillaged the Nabataeans" Macdonald 2009: II, 331 and n. 178: s¹nt ws¹q bn rm nbṭ "the year of the struggle between Rm and the Nabataeans".
Commentary
For ws¹q compare Classical Arabic wisāq "strife" and for bn compare Arabic bayna "between". In Arabic, one would expect wa between rm and nbṭ, but this does not seem to be necessary in Safaitic.

  • Macdonald, M.C.A. Literacy and Identity in Pre-Islamic Arabia. (Variorum Collected Studies, 906). Farnham: Ashgate, 2009.
  • [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 leading from Damascus to Zalaf (C p. 593), Al-Suwaydāʾ (al-Sweidah) or Rif Dimašq Governorates, Syria
Date Found
1920s and 1930s
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Date (s¹nt), Genealogy, Outside peoples, Present in a place
Old OCIANA ID
#0008070
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA