CGSP 4

Siglum
CGSP 4
Transliteration
l ʿbt
Ahmad Al-Jallad (OCIANA)
Translation
By ʿbt
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Language and Script
Safaitic 3

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus

CGSP 4: l ----kt

Commentary

A photograph of this text was not published in the editio princeps. The photograph of Al-Jallad confirms that the third glyph is a b; later damage on the plaster intersects with the lower end of the stroke, but the letter clearly continues past that point. The second glyph is likely to be read as an ʿ, or less likely, a g. Both names, ʿbt and gbt, are previously attested in Safaitic. 

Editio Princeps
Calzini Gysens 1987
Field Collector
Jacqueline Calzini Gysens

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
Date Found
1986
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Name only
Old OCIANA ID
#0018581
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Updated 30 Dec, 2024 by Ahmad Al-Jallad