C 4360

Siglum: C 4360
Alternative Sigla: LP 925, Dussaud M 471
Transliteration: l s²dd bn mlkt bn ḫṭs¹t bn flṭt bn ẓf w ḏbḥ l- bʿ{l}s¹mn f wqyt
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Translation: By S²dd son of Mlkt son of Ḫṭs¹t son of Flṭt son of Ẓf and he sacrificed to {Bʿls¹mn} so protection
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Language and Script: Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: C:f(l)ṭt bn b(h)s² for flṭt bn ẓf.
Commentary: The reading here is based on the LP 925 copy which, though a mirror-image of Dussaud M 471, clearly represents the same inscription.

[Dussaud M] Dussaud, R. & Macler, F. Mission dans les régions désertiques de la Syrie moyenne. Extrait des /Nouvelles Archives des Missions Scientifiques/, t. X [p. 405-744, ps. 1-31 ]. Paris: Imprimerie nationale / Leroux, 1903.
[LP] Littmann, E. Safaïtic Inscriptions. Syria. Publications of the Princeton University Archaeological Expeditions to Syria in 1904–1905 and 1909. Division IV. Section C. Leiden: Brill, 1943.
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.

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