C 3531

Siglum
C 3531
Alternative Sigla
W. Tafel II, 3.b, Wetzstein 246
Transliteration
l ʿmd bn mlk bn ʿmd bn ms¹k bn [ʿ]md bn mlk ---- h- bqr b- s¹bṭ f h lt s¹lm
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Translation
By ʿmd son of Mlk son of ʿmd son of Ms¹k son of [ʿmd] son of Mlk ---- the cattle during S¹bṭ so, O Lt, may he be secure.
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
C: s¹rṭ "track" for for s¹bṭ "S¹bṭ [month name]; MNH p. 318: on the occurrence of bqr. HDic p. 105: [w rʿy] h- bqr b- ṣbṭ - [he pastured] the cattle in abundant rains

Editio Princeps
C

  • [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
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0006735
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