C 157
Text Information
- Siglum
- C 157
- Alternative Sigla
- Dunand 1260
- Transliteration
- l hms¹k bn {b}hl bn ʾbs¹ʿ ʾgr h- gḏly
- Translation
- By Hms¹k son of Bhl son of ʾbs¹ʿ, a hired man of the Gḏl-ite.
Interpretation
- Apparatus Criticus
- C: By Hms¹k son of Bhl son of ʾbs¹ʿ, he hired a Gḏl-ite
- Provenance
- Unfortunately C does not supply any further information on the provenance of this inscription and, to the best of our knowledge, the area has not been revisited.
- Original Reading Credit
- C
- Original Translation Credit
- OCIANA
- Ryckmans, G. Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum: Pars Quinta, Inscriptiones Saracenicae Continens: Tomus I, Fasciculus I, Inscriptiones Safaiticae. Paris: E Reipublicae Typographeo, 1950–1951.
- Site
- "In the area between Ǧabal Says and Wādī Ghara [Ġārah]" (C p. 23), Rif Dimašq Governorate, Syria
- Date Found
- 1920s and 1930s
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subject
- Genealogy
- Script
- Safaitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0003362
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