C 3339

Siglum
C 3339
Alternative Sigla
Dussaud V 284
Transliteration
l bd b[n] ḥls¹ bn ld w ʾs²rq b- n[ʿ]m [m-] ḥrn (h-) rḥbt m{n-} mḥ{l} ----
OCIANA
Translation
By Bd {son of} Ḥls¹ son of Ld and he migrated to the inner desert {with some livestock} {from} the Ḥrn [to] {this} raḥabah {because of} {a dearth of pasture}
OCIANA
Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
C: w ʾs²rq bn m- ḥrn (h-) rḥbt mn- mḥl s¹[n]t m---- "and he migrated towards the east across a stony region to the Ruḥbah, because of drought, in the year----"
Commentary
For the translation of h-rḥbt see Macdonald 1992: 23–25. The translation above assumes the assimilation of the m- before ḥrn to the final m of n[ʿ]m.

  • [Dussaud V] Dussaud, R. & Macler, F. Voyage archéologique au Ṣafâ et dans le Djebel ed-Drûz. Paris: Leroux, 1901.
  • [Lane] Lane, E.W. An Arabic-English Lexicon, Derived from the Best and Most Copious Eastern Sources. (Volume 1 in 8 parts [all published]). London: Williams & Norgate, 1863-1893.
  • [NAEN] Macdonald, M.C.A. North Arabian Epigraphic Notes I. Arabian archaeology and epigraphy 3, 1992: 23-43.
  • [C] Ryckmans, G. Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum: Pars Quinta, Inscriptiones Saracenicae Continens: Tomus I, Fasciculus I, Inscriptiones Safaiticae. Paris: E Reipublicae Typographeo, 1950–1951.
Site
"Išbikkat [al-Namārah]" (C p. 431), Rif Dimašq Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1899
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Domestic animals, Genealogy, Movement, Place-name, Topographic features, Transhumance
Old OCIANA ID
#0006543
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