C 1868

Siglum
C 1868
Alternative Sigla
Dunand 498 a
Transliteration
l ʿbṭ bn s¹ʿd bn tm bn mʿz ḏ- ʾl qmr w {d}ṯʾ h- ḫnṣ s¹nt {h-} rm s²t b- ʾblt w whb ʾmlk -h ʾḥrs¹ wdlnnwwbmlẓʿbʿʿl----
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Translation
By ʿbṭ son of S¹ʿd son of Tm son of Mʿz of the lineage of Qmr and {he spent the season of the later rains} [among] the young animals the year the Romans wintered at ʾblt and bestowed upon its rulers guards ...
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
s¹nt {h-} r{m} s²t b- ʾblt - the year the Romans wintered at Abila MNH pp. 332-333 p. 361: copy has ʾrg not hrm; s²t is not found as meaning " he wintered "; ʾblt for ʾbl incomprehensible.

Editio Princeps
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  • [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
#0005072
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