C 555

Siglum: C 555
Alternative Sigla: Waddington 109 b
Transliteration: l ywny bn yṯʿ bn ḫll ---- {b}n wʾl bn rgbn bn s²wk {b}{n} {m}wll {b}[n] hs²rt bn {g}ṯḥl bn ʿḏtl
Translation: By Ywny son of Yṯʿ son of Ḫll ---- {son of} Wʾl son of Rgbn son of S²wk {son of} {Mwll} son of Hs²rt son of {Gṯḥl} son of ʿḏtl

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: C: bn ʿḏ tl "he stood on track" for bn ʿḏtl "son of ʿḏtl"
Commentary: It is not at all certain whether the part of the text beginning {b}n wʾl is part of this inscription, as assumed by C.

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.

Associated Inscriptions

Ryckmans, G. Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum: Pars Quinta, Inscriptiones Saracenicae Continens: Tomus I, Fasciculus I, Inscriptiones Safaiticae. Paris: E Reipublicae Typographeo, 1950–1951.
Ryckmans, G. Inscriptions safaïtiques relevées par Waddington. Le Muséon 52, 1939: 113-144.

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