C 2446

Siglum
C 2446
Alternative Sigla
Dunand 68 c
Transliteration
l s¹ʿd bn mrʾ bn nr w wgm ʿ[l-] ʾḫ -h nr qtl() -h ʾl-- {n}bṭy m{r}ʿy nʿm ʿwḏ w ḍf f h lt m- ʿmn w ʾlt dṯn w gd[ʿ](w)ḏ w gdḍf ṯʾr m- ḏ ʾs¹lf w wlh k{b}{r} s¹ḥr ʿl- ʾḫ -h ḥbb -h l- ʾbd
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Translation
By S¹ʿd son of Mrʾ son of Nr and he grieved {for} his brother Nr whom the Nabataean killed {when} he {was pasturing} the livestock of ʿwḏ and Ḍf so, O Lt of ʿmn and goddess of Dṯn and {Gdʿwḏ} and Gdḍf [grant] vengeance against him who committed this act and he was {continuously} distraught with a broken heart over his brother, his beloved forever.
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
We have taken the ʾl- before nbṭy as one of the rare forms of the definite article in Safaitic (see Al-Jallad 2015: 16). There is a m before rʿy which suggests that it is the verbal noun mrʿy (compare Arabic marʿan, Lane 1108b), thus a circumstance clause "while pasturing". Tentatively, we would suggest that lt m- ʿmn is "Lt from Ammon". See Macdonald, Al Muʾazzin & Nehmé 1996: 474–476 on dṯn.

Editio Princeps
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  • [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
Old OCIANA ID
#0005650
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