C 1240

Text Information

Siglum
C 1240
Alternative Sigla
RQ.A 3, Wetzstein 46 a
Transliteration
l gmm bn ʾnʿm bn ʾḏnt bn ʾnʿm bn qdm w ṣyr m- mdbr s¹nt ḥgz -h bʿls¹mn ʿl- h- mdnt w wrd h- mqẓt bdr f h lt s¹lm w ʿwr w ʿrg l- ḏ yʿwr h- ḫṭṭ
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Translation
By Gmm son of ʾnʿm son of ʾḏnt son of ʾnʿm son of Qdm and he returned to permanent water from the inner desert the year Bʿls¹mn withheld it [i.e. rain] from the Province [or region]. And he watered in the place where one spends the dry season during the days of the full moon. So O Lt [grant] security and [inflict] blindness and lameness on whoever may scratch out the carving.
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
C: mq{f}t for mqẓt; {b-} dr for bdr; ʿr{g} for ʿrg; lʿḏ (misprint?) for l- ḏ

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Boustrophedon (starting from left)

Associated Inscriptions

  • [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.
  • [RQ.A] Inscriptions recorded by the Safaitic Epigraphic Survey Programme in 1995 at the site which Wetzstein called Riǧm Qaʿqūl, 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
Ruǧm Qaʿqūl, Rif Dimašq Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1858, 1995
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Astronomical, Curse, Deity, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Movement, Season, Topographic features, Watering, Weather
Old OCIANA ID
#0004663
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA