C 2579
Text Information
- Siglum
- C 2579
- Alternative Sigla
- Dunand 155
- Transliteration
-
l ʿtk bn gnʾl w ṣyr [m- ] mdbr dṯʾ f s¹lm -h ʾṯʿ
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- Translation
-
By ʿtk son of Gnʾl and he returned [from] the inner desert to water in the seasons of the later rains, so may ʾṯʿ keep him safe.
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- Language and Script
- Safaitic
Interpretation
- Apparatus Criticus
- MST p. 8 & n. 42: w ṣyr mdbr dṯʾ - possibly " and he returned to the watering place from the inner desert in the season of the later rains " although lack of the preposition m leaves the trans. ambiguous.
- Editio Princeps
- OCIANA
- [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
- #0005783
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Updated
16 Sep, 2024
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OCIANA,. 'C 2579.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/35177. Accessed: 12 Jul, 2025.