C 2840
Text Information
- Siglum
- C 2840
- Alternative Sigla
- Dunand 294 b
- Transliteration
-
l s²mt bnt s¹r h- ʿr w h s²ʿhqm s¹lm l- -n h- s¹nt w mḥlt l- ḏ yʿwr h- ʾs¹fr
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- Translation
-
By S²mt daughter of S¹r is the mule [or hinny] and O S²ʿhqm [grant] security to us [in] this drought and [send] dearth to whoever scratches out these inscriptions
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- Language and Script
- Safaitic
Interpretation
- Apparatus Criticus
- C: s²mt bn ts¹r for s²mt bnt s¹r; h- ʿr "this ass" for "this mule"; mḥnt "misfortune" for mḥlt "dearth"; h- s¹fr "this inscription" for h- ʾs¹fr "these inscriptions".
- Commentary
- See Macdonald (in press, a) for the reasons for translating ʿ(y)r in Safaitic as a hybrid, that is a "mule" (the offspring of a male donkey x female horse) or a "hinny" (the offspring of a male horse x female donkey).
- Associated Inscriptions
- [Lane] Lane, E.W. An Arabic-English Lexicon, Derived from the Best and Most Copious Eastern Sources. (Volume 1 in 8 parts [all published]). London: Williams & Norgate, 1863-1893.
- Macdonald, M.C.A. Horses, asses, hybrids, and their uses in the ancient rock-art of the Syro-Arabian desert. in K. Linduff & P. Raulwing (eds), Equids in the Ancient Near East, Egypt, and Arabia. Proceedings of a conference in memory of Mary Aitken Littauer. Oxford: BAR, 2019.
- [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, Drawing of a domestic animal, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Women
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0006044
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16 Sep, 2024
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