C 586

Siglum: C 586
Alternative Sigla: Wetzstein 131; Vogüé 127
Transliteration: l ymlk bn ṣf{w}n bn ʾtm [b]n tʾm bn rṯʾl w wgm ʿl- rms¹ w ʿl- ḥd w rʿ{y} f h lt ġnyt {w} {d{{ṯ}{ʾ} ---- f h s²ʿhq{m} [n]{q}m m- s²nʾ ----m----ṣk bn ḥwr ḫṭr
Translation: By Ymlk son of Ṣfwn son of ʾtm son of Tʾm son of Rṯʾl and he mourned for Rms¹ and for Ḥd and he pastured and O Lt [grant] abundance and he spent the season of the latter rains and O S²ʿhqm [grant] vengeance from enemies ---- son of Ḥwr in danger.

Interpretation

Commentary: The reading is made from a combination of the two unsatisfactory copies and is uncertain.

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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de Vogüé, M. Syrie Centrale. Inscriptions sémitiques. Paris: Baudry, 1868-1877.

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