C 1783

Siglum
C 1783
Alternative Sigla
Dunand 455
Transliteration
l gḥl bn ẓlm w rʿy h- (ʾ)grb ʾqḥwn
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Translation
By Gḥl son of Ẓlm and he pastured the mangy [camels] on camomile
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
C: h- hgr b-ʾqhwn "the camels in ʾqḥwn" for hgrbʾqḥwn

Associated Signs
Cartouche crossed by 7 lines

  • Kurpershoek, P.M. Oral Poetry & Narratives from Central Arabia. 5 volumes. (Studies in Arabic Literature, XVII/I-V). Leiden: Brill, 1994-2005.
  • [Lane] Lane, E.W. An Arabic-English Lexicon, Derived from the Best and Most Copious Eastern Sources. (Volume 1 in 8 parts [all published]). London: Williams & Norgate, 1863-1893.
  • [C] Ryckmans, G. Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum: Pars Quinta, Inscriptiones Saracenicae Continens: Tomus I, Fasciculus I, Inscriptiones Safaiticae. Paris: E Reipublicae Typographeo, 1950–1951.
Site
Zalaf (c) “To the south of Zalaf in a place near the larger ḫabrah [a depression in the plain where water gathers] or Ḫabrah kubrā [?]” (C p. 225)., Rif Dimašq Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1920s and 1930s
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0004987
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