C 5183

Siglum
C 5183
Alternative Sigla
Wetzstein 365
Transliteration
----h bn (s¹)ʿ(d) bn whb w wgd s¹fr ḫl -h f ts²wq f h lt q(b)(l)(l) [w] s¹lm w ʿwr l- ḏ yʿwr [r]s²m
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Translation
----h son of {S¹ʿd} son of Whb and he found the inscription of his maternal uncle and so yearned and so O Lt [grant] a safe {reunion of loved ones} {and} security and [inflict] blindness on whoever scratches out a mark
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
C: [n]q(m) "{revenge}"; yʿwr [r]s²m "obscures a sign";
Commentary
C 5181–5199 were copied by an Arab man whom Wetzstein employed as a guide. C's reading [r]s²m at the end, which we have followed, assumes an assimilation of the initial [r] of rs²m to the final [r] of yʿwr. For the translation of qbll s¹lm see Al-Jallad 2015: 289.

  • Al-Jallad, A. An Outline of the Grammar of the Safaitic Inscriptions. (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics, 80). Leiden: Brill, 2015.
  • [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.
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Site
Unknown, possibly al-Namārah area (Grimme 1929:123), Al-Suwaydāʾ (al-Sweidah) or Rif Dimašq Governorates, Syria
Date Found
1858
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Curse, Deity, Finding inscription(s), Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Relatives, Yearning
Old OCIANA ID
#0008387
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