CGSP 1

Image © Jacqueline Calzini Gysens
Siglum
CGSP 1
Transliteration
l ktbt
Ahmad Al-Jallad (OCIANA)
Translation
By Ktbt
Ahmad Al-Jallad (OCIANA)
Language and Script
Safaitic 3

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus

CGSP 1: l ʾtrt compares the name to divine name ʾṯrt in Qatabanic. M.C.A. Macdonald read ʾtbt or if the bottom right stroke is doubtful then the second letter should be read k and the name read as ktbt, MNH p. 311 n. 50: on inscriptions found within settlements.

Commentary

The new photographs of Al-Jallad confirm that the reading of the inscription is ktbt, to be compared with the common Arabic name kutaybah. The name is extremely rare in ANA, attested only thrice in Hismaic (OCIANA, 30/12/2024).

CGSP p. 1: "at a distance of 5m 92 from the entrance on the via Stabiana almost opposite the two doorways which lead to the upper cavea of the small theatre".

Editio Princeps
Calzini Gysens 1987
Field Collector
Jacqueline Calzini Gyssens

Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Right-to-left

  • Calzini Gysens, J. Graffiti safaitici a Pompei. Dialoghi di Archeologia 1, 1987: 107-117, fig. 1-4.
  • [CGSP] Calzini Gysens, J. Safaitic Graffiti from Pompeii. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 20, 1990: 1–7.
Site
Pompeii, on the plaster of the northern wall of the corridor behind the theatres (Regio VIII, insula 7), Italy
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Name only
Old OCIANA ID
#0018578
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Updated 30 Dec, 2024 by Ahmad Al-Jallad