C 1185

Text Information

Siglum
C 1185
Alternative Sigla
Vogüé 389 a
Transliteration
l qym bn ms²{k}s² w mt[y] h- ḫṭ{ṭ} w l- -h h- gml f hy lt s¹lm [w] ʿ(w)r l- ḏ yʿwr mʿl- h- ḥyq
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Translation
By Qym son of {Ms²ks²} and {Mty} is the {carver} and the male camel is by him so O Lt [grant] security; {and} [inflict] {blindness} on whoever would scratch out [the inscription] out of jealousy
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
C: ms²{r}{f} for ms²{k}s²; w mt h- ḫṭ{ṭ} "and he died; these pictures" for w mt[y] h- ḫṭ{ṭ} "and {Mty} is the {carver}"; f h ylt "and O Ylt" for f hy lt "and so O Lt"; m- ʿl- h- ḥy(d) "from this projecting mountain" for mʿl- h- ḥyq "out of jealousy".
Commentary
On w mt[y] h- ḫṭ{ṭ} see Al-Jallad 2015: 169, on hy lt see pp. 158–159, and on yʿwr mʿl- h- ḥyq see pp. 152, 232. Note that the phrase mʿl- ḥwq (as opposed to mʿl- h- ḥyq here) occurs in SESP.D 12, SESP.S 6, and KRS 1015.

Editio Princeps
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Associated Drawings
A drawing showing the breaking in of a filly by four men, with a camel in the background
Associated Inscriptions

  • Al-Jallad, A. An Outline of the Grammar of the Safaitic Inscriptions. (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics, 80). Leiden: Brill, 2015.
  • [Vogüé] de Vogüé, M. Syrie Centrale. Inscriptions sémitiques. Paris: Baudry, 1868-1877.
  • [C] Ryckmans, G. Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum: Pars Quinta, Inscriptiones Saracenicae Continens: Tomus I, Fasciculus I, Inscriptiones Safaiticae. Paris: E Reipublicae Typographeo, 1950–1951.
Site
Ruǧm Qaʿqūl, Rif Dimašq Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1861, 1862
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Curse, Deity, Domestic animals, Drawing of a domestic animal, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer
Old OCIANA ID
#0004608
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