C 4038

Text Information

Siglum
C 4038
Alternative Sigla
QWs 2, Dussaud M 881
Transliteration
l ḏʾb bn ʿlg bn mnʿt w wgm ʿl- mnʿt ʾḫ -h
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Translation
By Ḏʾb son of ʿlg son of Mnʿt and grieved for Mnʿt his brother
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
C: ʿlm for ʿlg; bn mnʿ for bn mnʿt

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Chiselled
Direction of Script
Boustrophedon (starting from right)

  • [Dussaud M] Dussaud, R. & Macler, F. Mission dans les régions désertiques de la Syrie moyenne. Extrait des /Nouvelles Archives des Missions Scientifiques/, t. X [p. 405-744, ps. 1-31 ]. Paris: Imprimerie nationale / Leroux, 1903.
  • [QWs] Inscriptions recorded by the Safaitic Epigraphic Survey Programme in 1995 at Qalʿat al-Wāsim, and published here.
  • [C] Ryckmans, G. Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum: Pars Quinta, Inscriptiones Saracenicae Continens: Tomus I, Fasciculus I, Inscriptiones Safaiticae. Paris: E Reipublicae Typographeo, 1950–1951.
Site
Qalʿat al-Wāsim (Dussaud & Macler 1903: 28 [430]), Al-Suwaydāʾ (al-Sweidah) Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1901, 1995
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Genealogy, Grieving, Relatives
Old OCIANA ID
#0007242
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA