C 2554

Text Information

Siglum
C 2554
Alternative Sigla
Dunand 137
Transliteration
l s²ḥl bn ġlmt bn mtn bn ḥn(y) bn ms¹k bn s²rb w ḥll h- dr f h lt w s²ʿhqm s¹lm {w} nqmt m- ḏ ʾ{s¹}()lf w ʿwr w ʿrg ḏ yʿwr h- ḫṭṭ
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Translation
By S²ḥl son of Ġlmt son of Mtn son of {Ḥny} son of Ms¹k son of S²rb and he camped here and so O Lt and S²ʿhqm [grant him] security and vengeance on him who committed the act requiring vengeance and blind and lame whoever scratches out the carving
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
C: ʾs¹lf "rub out" for "committed the act requiring vengeance"; h- ḫṭṭ "these drawings"

  • 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
Camping, Curse, Deity, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Present in a place, Revenge
Old OCIANA ID
#0005758
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA