C 2670

Siglum
C 2670
Alternative Sigla
WSRBZ.C 1, Dunand 207 a
Transliteration
l ẓʿn bn kmd bn mḫyl bn ʿbdʾl w rʿy h- ʾbl h- nḫl bql s¹nt ws¹q ḏ- ʾl rhy nbṭ w ḫrṣ ḥwlt f h lt s¹lm
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Translation
By Ẓʿn son of Kmd son of {Mḫyl} son of ʿbdʾl and he pastured the camels in this valley on spring herbage the year that he of the lineage of Rhy struggled against the Nabataeans. And he was on the look-out for the Ḥwlt. So O Lt [grant] security.
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
C: rh for rhy; lt for {l}t; s¹[l]m for s¹lm
Commentary
C 2670 (= WSRBZ.C 1) and C 2671 (= WSRBZ.C 2) are on the same rock. The beginning of this text is written in a deeply incised letters which become more lightly incised in the second half.

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Incised & scratched
Direction of Script
Boustrophedon (starting from right)

Associated Drawings
an outline of an oryx
Associated Inscriptions

  • [C] Ryckmans, G. Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum: Pars Quinta, Inscriptiones Saracenicae Continens: Tomus I, Fasciculus I, Inscriptiones Safaiticae. Paris: E Reipublicae Typographeo, 1950–1951.
  • [WSRBZ.C] Inscriptions recorded by the Safaitic Epigraphic Survey Programme in 1995 on the right bank of Wādī al-Shām, between the Namārah dam and the Zalaf well, and published here.
Site
Zalaf (j) “In the neighbourhood of Zalaf near Wādī al-Šām” (C p. 304)., Rif Dimašq Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1920s and 1930s, 1995
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Date (s¹nt), Deity, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Outside peoples, Warfare, Watch (keeping)
Old OCIANA ID
#0005874
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA

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OCIANA. 'C 2670.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/35268. Accessed: 24 Jun, 2025.