C 2795
Text Information
- Siglum
- C 2795
- Alternative Sigla
- Dunand 269 a
- Transliteration
-
l tm bn ḥn[y] bn ʾḥrb bn m(s¹)k bn ẓʿn bn s²rb bn ġlmt bn ʿbd w wlh ʿl- ʾs²yʿ -h ḥrbn ʾl ṭ{y}(ʾ) f h lt w gdʿwḏ nqmt m- ṭyʾ w h- rʿl f h lt nqʾt l- ḏ yʿwr h- s¹fr w ġnmt l- ḏ dʿy
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- Translation
-
By Tm son of Ḥny son of ʾḥrb son of Ms¹k son of Ẓʿn son of S²rb son of Ġlmt son of ʿbd and he was distraught for his companions who had been plundered by the lineage group of {Ṭyʾ} and so O Lt and Gdʿwḏ [grant] revenge on Ṭyʾ and the one who speared [them] and so O Lt [inflict] ejection from the grave on whoever scratches out the inscription and [grant] booty to whoever reads [it] aloud.
OCIANA
- Language and Script
- Safaitic
Interpretation
- Apparatus Criticus
- C: by a misprint the s²y of ʾs²yʿ were omitted in the transliteration; ḥrbn ʾl ṭ{y}(ʾ) "fighting [with] the tribe of {Ṭyʾ}" for "plundered by the lineage group of {Ṭyʾ}".
- Associated Inscriptions
- Al-Jallad, A. An Outline of the Grammar of the Safaitic Inscriptions. (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics, 80). Leiden: Brill, 2015.
- [Hava] Hava, J.G. Al-Faraid Arabic-English Dictionary. Fifth edition. Beirut: Dār al-Mašriq, 1982.
- [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, Isolated Prayer, Outside peoples, Revenge
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0005999
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16 Sep, 2024
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OCIANA. 'C 2795.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/35393. Accessed: 04 Jul, 2025.