C 511

Siglum: C 511
Alternative Sigla: Wetzstein 114; Vogüé 191; Dussaud V 141
Transliteration: l ḥt bn ʾmt h- mṣbt f q{y}t bn yʿḏ
Translation: By Ḥt son of ʾmt was the cult-stone [set up] and so [may it] {protect} the children of Yʿḏ

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: C: f qyt "and a means of protection"; bn yʿḏ as part of the genealogy. RES 205 1900–1968: no. 205: f ql tbny ʿḏ "It was built as a place of refuge (?)". Al-Jallad 2015: 230: "The cult-stone was set up by Ḥt son of ʾmt so (may it) preserve the sons of Yʿḏ".

Provenance: Apparently both banks of Wādī al-Gharz. Between the point where the Wādī is crossed by the Zalaf—Khirbat al-Umbāshī track and its debouchment into the Ruḥbah, the inscriptions are in a series of outcrops and cairns and on the rocks of the Wādī bank. The greatest concentration of texts copied in the 19th century is in the last outcrop and cairn overlooking the Ruḥbah (where there are approximately 80–120 texts). Note that several texts in the group C 4872–4936, which C places on the "right bank" of Wādī al-Gharz, were actually found on the left bank, and that C 4712–4723 which C places on the left bank were actually found on the right bank. There are many more inscriptions on the left bank than on the right.
Original Reading Credit: C
Original Translation Credit: OCIANA

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Site: The debouchment of Wādī Ġarz into the Ruḥbah, Rif Dimašq Governorate, Syria