C 2244

Siglum
C 2244
Alternative Sigla
Dunand 589 a
Transliteration
l ḍhd bn gdn h- gḏly w wrd ḏkr s¹nt nmrn
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Translation
By Ḍhd son of Gdn the Gḏlite and he came to water in Aries the year of Nmrn
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

  • Al-Jallad, A. An Ancient Arabian Zodiac. The Constellations in the Safaitic Inscriptions. Part II. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 27, 2016: 84–106.
  • Al-Jallad, A.M. An ancient Arabian zodiac. The constellations in the Safaitic inscriptions, Part I. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 25, 2014: 214-230.
  • [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 (f) “In the neighbourhood of Zalaf on the west side of the track leading to Damascus” (C p. 291)., Rif Dimašq Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1920s and 1930s
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0005448
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA