C 2405

Text Information

Siglum
C 2405
Alternative Sigla
Dunand 44 f
Transliteration
l dʾy bn zkk w qbl m- ġrb m- rhy f ---- grm w b- rʾy mlḥ
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Translation
By Dʾy son of Zkk and he arrived from settled lands from Rhy and then ---- fled from his tribe and during the rising of Aquarius.
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
Macdonald MCA 1992: 6 n. 28: w qbl m- ġrb m-rhy "and he arrived from the settled lands from Rhy". Al-Jallad in press, a: w qbl m- ġrb m- rhy f ---- grm w b- rʾy mlḥ: "and may he be safely reunited with those who were far away, for ... he was cut off [?] during the rising of Aquarius

Editio Princeps
C

  • Kurpershoek, P.M. Oral Poetry & Narratives from Central Arabia. V. Glossary, Indices, and List of Recordings. 5. (Studies in Arabic Literature, XVII/V). Leiden: Brill, 2005.
  • [MST] Macdonald, M.C.A. The Seasons and Transhumance in the Safaitic Inscriptions. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland 3rd. series, 2, 1992: 1-11.
  • [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 (j) “In the neighbourhood of Zalaf near Wādī al-Šām” (C p. 304)., Rif Dimašq Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1920s and 1930s
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0005609
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