C 2718

Text Information

Siglum
C 2718
Alternative Sigla
Dunand 233 b
Transliteration
l ṣrmt bn ṣrmt bn ṣʿd bn ʿbd bn ʿḏ bn s²rb w ʿlf (w)ld wny f h bʿls¹mn rwḥ {w} ʿwr ḏ yʿwr h- s¹fr
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Translation
By Ṣrmt son of Ṣrmt son of Ṣʿd son of ʿbd son of ʿḏ son of S²rb and he fed some weakened new born animals on dry fodder and so O Bʿls¹mn [grant] relief {and} blind whoever scratches out the inscription
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
C: w ʿlf (w)ld wny "and a young man found plenty of fodder (?). And he migrated" for "he fed some weakened new born animals on dry fodder".

  • [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
Curse, Deity, Domestic animals, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer
Old OCIANA ID
#0005922
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