C 1970

Siglum
C 1970
Alternative Sigla
Dunand 550 b
Transliteration
l ʾs¹ bn mlk w rʾrws²ythnʾr h r(ḍ)y (q)[b][l]l s¹lm
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Translation
By ʾs¹ son of Mlk and rʾrws²ythnʾr O {Rḍy} [grant] a safe {reunion with loved ones}
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
C: w {b}ʾ{r} ws²qt h- nʾr "and he hid a well of the pasturage (?) O Nʾr" for rʾrws²ythnʾr; h r{ḍ}y {q}{r} l- s¹l{m} "O Rḍy (?) peace in security" for h r{ḍ}y (q)[b][l]l s¹lm "O Rḍy [grant] a safe {reunion with loved ones}"

  • 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.
Site
Zalaf (d) “On the right of the track leading to the Ruḥbah” (C p. 249)., Rif Dimašq Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1920s and 1930s
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0005174
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