C 2213

Siglum
C 2213
Alternative Sigla
Dunand 627 b
Transliteration
l nkf bn yḥl bn ʾs¹dʾ() bn s¹qm () bn yʿḏ bn ḫll w ʿwr () m ʿwr (w) rʿy h- ḍlʿ bql
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Translation
By Nkf son of Yḥl son of ʾs¹dʾ son of S¹qm son of Yʿḏ son of Ḫll and blind whoever scratches out [the inscription] and he pastured the isolated rugged mountain on spring herbage
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
C: ḫ{z}n for ḫll
Commentary
According to Musil (1928: 684) ẓelʿ (< ḍlʿ) is "an isolated rugged mountain", see also Groom 1983: 77.

Editio Princeps
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  • Groom, N. A Dictionary of Arabic Topography and Placenames. A Transliterated Arabic-English Dictionary with an Arabic Glossary of Topographical Words and Placenames. London: Longman / Beirut: Librairie du Liban, 1983.
  • Musil, A. The Manners and Customs of the Rwala Bedouins. (Oriental Explorations and Studies, 6). New York: American Geographical Society, 1928.
  • [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 (e) “On the right of the track leading to Damascus” (C p. 279)., Rif Dimašq Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1920s and 1930s
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0005417
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