C 2734

Siglum
C 2734
Alternative Sigla
Dunand 240 c
Transliteration
l ẓnʾl bn ḍhd bn ḍhd bn ʾnʿm bn ḍhd bn wʿl bn rbn w ---- w bʾḫh (w) dwy ʿl- grmʾl w ʿl- s²ʿb w h {l}{t} ʿ[w][r] ḏ yʿwr
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Translation
By Ẓnʾl son of Ḍhd son of Ḍhd son of ʾnʿm son of Ḍhd son of Wʿl son of Rbn and ---- and Bʾḫh {and} he was sick with grief for Grmʾl and for S²ʿb and O {Lt} {blind} whoever scratches out [the inscription]
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
C: (w) dwy ʿl- "{and} health for" for "and he was sad for" King 1990: 67, n. 17: dwy compare Arabic dawiya "to be ill", Syriac dǝwā "to be sad" Al-Jallad 2015: 311: "to be sick with grief"

  • Al-Jallad, A. An Outline of the Grammar of the Safaitic Inscriptions. (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics, 80). Leiden: Brill, 2015.
  • [KR] King, G.M.H. The Basalt Desert Rescue Survey and Some Preliminary Remarks on the Safaitic Inscriptions and Rock Drawings. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 20, 1990: 55-78.
  • [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, Genealogy, Grieving
Old OCIANA ID
#0005938
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA