C 2552

Siglum
C 2552
Alternative Sigla
Dunand 135 bis
Transliteration
l {d}rʾl bn ʿty bn {b}{ḏ}nh {b}n {q}dm{ʾ}l w ḫrṣ ʾḫw -h s¹by {-h} ḥwlt f h lt ḥwr
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Translation
By {Drʾl} son of ʿty son of {Bḏnh} {son of} {Qdmʾl} and he was on the look-out for his two brothers whom the Ḥwlt had captured and so O Lt [grant] a return
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
C: {w}dm{ʾ}l for {q}dm{ʾ}l; ʾḫw as plural not dual (see commentary to C 657); s¹by {-h} ḥwlt "the Ḥwlt had made him captive".

  • Al-Jallad, A. An Outline of the Grammar of the Safaitic Inscriptions. (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics, 80). Leiden: Brill, 2015.
  • [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
Subjects
Deity, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Outside peoples, Relatives, Watch (keeping)
Old OCIANA ID
#0005756
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA