C 4044

Siglum
C 4044
Alternative Sigla
QWs 5, Dussaud M 887
Transliteration
l ʾbgr bn nʿmn bn ʾbgr bn nṣr bn grmʾl w nẓr ʾl- s²ʿhqm w ʾl- ʾṯʿ w[[]] s²ʿnʿr w h lt [] ġyrt {h-} [s¹]{n}t w wqyt m- bʾs¹
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Translation
By ʾbgr son of Nʿmn son of ʾbgr son of Nṣr son of Grmʾl and he thought about S²ʿhqm and about ʾṯʿ and S²ʿnʿr and O Lt [grant] abundance {this} {year} and protection from misfortune
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
C 4045: nẓr ʾl "Be aware, Deity"; w (b)ʿl ʿl w(ʾ)lt f (ġ)nyt b- s¹nt "and {Bʿl} over {Wʾlt}. And provisions {this} year"

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.
  • [Wetzstein] Grimme, H. Texte und Untersuchungen zur ṣafatenisch-arabischen Religion. Mit einer Einführung in die ṣafatenische Epigraphik. (Studien zur Geschichte und Kultur des Altertums, 16/01/2012). [Reprint, 1970, Johnson, New York]. Paderborn: Schöningh, 1929.
  • [Lane] Lane, E.W. An Arabic-English Lexicon, Derived from the Best and Most Copious Eastern Sources. (Volume 1 in 8 parts [all published]). London: Williams & Norgate, 1863-1893.
  • [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.
  • Winnett, F.V. References to Jesus in Pre-Islamic Arabic Inscriptions. The Muslim World 31, 1941: 341-353.
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, Isolated Prayer
Old OCIANA ID
#0036073
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA