C 551

Siglum: C 551
Alternative Sigla: Wetzstein 117; Vogüé 408 a; Waddington 105 a; Musée du Louvre AO 4981 a
Transliteration: l ḥṣṣ bn fdʾl bn s¹mk bn wklt bn ngd bn s²y
Translation: By Ḥṣṣ son of Fdʾl son of S¹mk son of Wklt son of Ngd son of S²y

Interpretation

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.

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