C 3450

Siglum
C 3450
Alternative Sigla
Wetzstein 298, V 255
Transliteration
l db{l}{q} b{n} {y}ḍ h rḍw {ġ}nmt
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Translation
By {Dblq} son of {Yḍ} O Rḍw [grant] {booty}
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Language and Script
Thamudic B

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
C (from de Vogüé and Wetzstein's copies): [l]ḍ(b)ʾ b(n) q[n] h gdl h rḍw ġnmt "By {Dbʾ} {son of} {Qn} the Gadil. O Rḍw booty".
Commentary
The inscription was photographed by Professor Maurice Sartre.

  • [Vogüé] de Vogüé, M. Syrie Centrale. Inscriptions sémitiques. Paris: Baudry, 1868-1877.
  • [Wetzstein] Grimme, H. Texte und Untersuchungen zur ṣafatenisch-arabischen Religion. Mit einer Einführung in die ṣafatenische Epigraphik. (Studien zur Geschichte und Kultur des Altertums, 16/01/2012). [Reprint, 1970, Johnson, New York]. Paderborn: Schöningh, 1929.
  • Macdonald, M.C.A. Transformation and continuity at al-Namarā: Camps, settlements, forts, and tombs. Pages 317-332 in K. Bartl & ʿA. Moaz (eds), Residences, Castles, Settlements. Transformation Processes from Late Antiquity to Early Islam in Bilad al-Sham. Proceedings of the International Conference held at Damascus, 5–9 November 2006. (Orient-Archäologie, 24). Rahden/Westf.: Leidorf, 2008.
  • [C] Ryckmans, G. Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum: Pars Quinta, Inscriptiones Saracenicae Continens: Tomus I, Fasciculus I, Inscriptiones Safaiticae. Paris: E Reipublicae Typographeo, 1950–1951.
  • [Wadd] Waddington, W.H. Inscriptions grecques et latines de la Syrie recueillies et expliquées. Paris: Firmin Didot, 1870.
Site
Al-Namārah (C p. 443), Rif Dimašq Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1858, 1861, 1862
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Deity, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer
Old OCIANA ID
#0006654
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA