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
OCIANA
- 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
OCIANA
- 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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Updated
16 Sep, 2024
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OCIANA
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OCIANA,. 'C 2718.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/35316. Accessed: 20 Aug, 2025.