C 2816
Text Information
- Siglum
- C 2816
- Alternative Sigla
- Dunand 281
- Transliteration
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l rbʾl bn ʾʾs¹()d bn rbʾl bn ʾnʿm w ḥl h- dr w ḫr{ṣ} h- s²n(ʾ) w h- ḫs¹f f h bʿls¹mn rwḥ w s²(ʿ)hqm w h lh w lt ʿrg w kmh l- ḏ yʿwr h- ḫṭṭ
OCIANA
- Translation
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By Rbʾl son of ʾʾs¹d son of Rbʾl son of ʾnʿm and he camped here and he was on the look-out for enemies and the rain-clouds so O Bʿls¹mn [grant] relief and {S²ʿhqm} and O Lh and Lt [inflict] lameness and blindness on whoever scratches out the carving
OCIANA
- Language and Script
- Safaitic
Interpretation
- Apparatus Criticus
- C: w ḫr{ṣ} h-s²n{ʾ} w h- ḫs¹f "and he awaited the enemy and wounding". Jamme 1970: 507–508, n. 4: ḫs¹f "rain clouds". WH p. 362: w ḫr{ṣ} h-s²n{ʾ} w h- ḫs¹f "and he was on the watch for the enemy and the rain clouds".
- [Hava] Hava, J.G. Al-Faraid Arabic-English Dictionary. Fifth edition. Beirut: Dār al-Mašriq, 1982.
- [JSM] Jamme, A. Safaitic mlk, "Lord" of the Tribe. Orientalia 39, 1970: 504-511.
- [C] Ryckmans, G. Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum: Pars Quinta, Inscriptiones Saracenicae Continens: Tomus I, Fasciculus I, Inscriptiones Safaiticae. Paris: E Reipublicae Typographeo, 1950–1951.
- [WH] Winnett, F.V. & Harding, G.L. Inscriptions from Fifty Safaitic Cairns. (Near and Middle East Series, 9). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1978. pp 362
- 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
- Camping, Curse, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Present in a place, Watch (keeping), Weather
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0006020
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Updated
16 Sep, 2024
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OCIANA. 'C 2816.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/35414. Accessed: 05 Jul, 2025.