C 1863

Siglum
C 1863
Alternative Sigla
Dunand 496 a
Transliteration
l ġlmt bn mtn bn ḥny bn ms¹k bn s²rb bn ġlmt bn ʿbd---- dʾ()f w wḥd m- ʾs²yʿ {-h} f h lt qbl[l] s¹lm w h lt [n]qʾt l- ḏ yʿwr
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Translation
By Ġlmt son of Mtn son of Ḥny son of Ms¹k son of S²rb son of Ġlmt son of ʿbd ---- {Dʾf} and he was alone away from {his} companions and so O Lt may there be a safe reunion with loved ones and O Lt [inflict] ejection from the grave on whoever may scratch out [the inscription]
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
C: d{g}ndʾ----f for ----dʾ()f; ʾs²y{ʿ} -h (misprint?) for ʾs²yʿ {-h}; qr l- s¹lm for qbl[l] s¹lm

  • Al-Jallad, A. An Outline of the Grammar of the Safaitic Inscriptions. (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics, 80). Leiden: Brill, 2015.
  • [C] Ryckmans, G. Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum: Pars Quinta, Inscriptiones Saracenicae Continens: Tomus I, Fasciculus I, Inscriptiones Safaiticae. Paris: E Reipublicae Typographeo, 1950–1951.
  • [WH] Winnett, F.V. & Harding, G.L. Inscriptions from Fifty Safaitic Cairns. (Near and Middle East Series, 9). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1978. No. 1698
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
#0005067
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