C 2732

Siglum: C 2732
Alternative Sigla: Dunand 240 a
Transliteration: l drʾl bn ʾs²ym bn drʾl bn ks¹ṭ bn ʾs¹ bn ʾs²ym bn ʿbd bn ʾʾ[s¹]d bn bwk bn ʿ{r}{s¹} w s²ty b- [h-]nmrt f h lt s¹lm s¹nt h- yhdy w wgm ʿl- nẓr w ʿl- s²rb w ʿl- ks¹ṭ f h lt s²y{ʿ} ḏ s¹ʾr
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Translation: By Drʾl son of ʾs²ym son of Drʾl son of Ks¹ṭ son of ʾs¹ son of ʾs²ym son of ʿbd son of {ʾʾs¹d} son of Bwk son of {ʿrs¹} and he wintered at {al-}Namarah so, O Lt, let there be security in the year of the Jew and he grieved for Nẓr and for S²rb and for Ks¹ṭ, so, O Lt, {be with} him who would leave (this inscription) untouched.
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Language and Script: Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: MHED p. 285: discussion of yhdy. MNH p. 314 n. 70 and 72: w ġzy b- nmrt - and he raided at Namārah.
Commentary: At the beginning of the narrative, what was previously read as w ġzy b-nmrt "and he raided at Nmrt" is problematic. Firstly, the word which is ġazā "to raid" in Classical Arabic, is always ġzz in Safaitic (in the one other text where ġzy is supposed to have been found, KhBG 11 the crucial letter is invisible on the photograph). The first letter of the word formerly read as ġzy could be a s², though admittedly is different from that in the second name, and the next letter could be a misshapen t. Al-Namārah always has the definite article in Safaitic (as in Arabic), and for this reason we have restored it here. Given all these uncertainties, this reading of the narrative is offered tentatively.

[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

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