C 1259

Siglum
C 1259
Alternative Sigla
W.Tafel I, II.c.1, Wetzstein 66
Transliteration
l ḥmly bn ḥmd bn ṭḥrt bn hws¹r () (b)(n) b()ʾs² bn ḍf (h-) ḫṭṭ
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Translation
By Ḥmly son of Ḥmd son of Ṭḥrt son of Hws¹r () {son of} {Bʾs²} son of Ḍf is the carving
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Associated Drawings
A horseman capturing a singing girl
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.
  • Macdonald M.C.A. Goddesses, dancing girls or cheerleaders? Perceptions of the divine and the female form in the rock art of pre-Islamic North Arabia. Pages 261–297 in I. Sachet et Ch. J. Robin (eds), Dieux et déesses d'Arabie images et représentations. Actes de la table ronde tenue au Collège de France (Paris) les Ier et 2 octobre 2007. (Orient & Méditerranée, 7). Paris : De Boccard, 2012.
  • [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
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0004682
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