C 344

Siglum: C 344
Alternative Sigla: Dunand 1412 b
Transliteration: l ʿmhm bn s¹ʿdn bn mnʿm bn ʿbd w nẓ{r} ---- f ʾlt s¹lm
Translation: By ʿmhm son of S¹ʿdn son of Mnʿm son of ʿbd and {he looked around} ---- and ʾlt [grant] security

Interpretation

Provenance: The co-ordinates are from http://www.geonames.org/. This site has not been revisited. According to Wetzstein (1860: Map), the it is "c. 10–12 hours on horseback [due east] of Ruǧm al-Marʾah". Based on the measures of distance and time for travel on horseback in the ḥarrah given by Wetzstein (1860: map) which are the same as those given by Butler, viz: "an average of two and three-quarter miles [= 4.4 km] per hour for ordinary going..." (Butler, Norris & Stoever 1930: vii), this would place Tall Ghurāb approximately 44–53 km [due east] of Ruǧm al-Marʾah. Wetzstein does not seem to have copied any inscriptions at Tall Ghurāb.
Original Reading Credit: OCIANA
Original Translation Credit: C

Associated Inscriptions

Ryckmans, G. Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum: Pars Quinta, Inscriptiones Saracenicae Continens: Tomus I, Fasciculus I, Inscriptiones Safaiticae. Paris: E Reipublicae Typographeo, 1950–1951.
Wetzstein, J.G. Reisebericht über Hauran und die Trachonen nebst einem Anhange über die sabäischen Denkmäler in Ostsyrien. Berlin: Reimer, 1860.
Butler, H.C., Norris, F.A., Stoever, E.R. Geography and Itinerary. Syria: Publications of the Princeton University, Archaeological Expeditions to Syria in 1904-1905 (Division I, Section A: by E.R. Stoever from the notes and journal of F.A. Norris) and 1909 (Division I, Section B: by H.C. Butler). Leiden: Brill, 1930.