C 4039

Siglum
C 4039
Alternative Sigla
QWs 15, Dussaud M 882
Transliteration
l nʿmn bn ḫbyṯ w qṣf ʿl- ʾl ḏʾb gn{ʾ}l ḍlln f h s²ʿhqm s¹lm l- -hm
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Translation
By Nʿmn son of Ḫbyṯ and he was sad on account of the lineage of Ḏʾb {Gnʾl}, who were lost so O S²ʿhqm may they be secure.
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
C: nʿmn not on Dussaud M's copy; l ḫldy for bn ḫbyṯ; w ʾl yḍn(t) "and for the tribe of {Yḍnt} for gn{ʾ}l ḍlln "{Gnʾl} who were lost"; f h s²ʿhq(m) s¹lm (l-) (ḏ)---- "And O {S²ʿhqm} safety" {for him who" for s¹lm l- -hm "may they be secure".

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

Associated Inscriptions

  • [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
Deity, Genealogy, Grieving for a group, Group (in the narrative), Isolated Prayer
Old OCIANA ID
#0007243
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA