C 2861

Siglum
C 2861
Alternative Sigla
Dunand 302
Transliteration
l ʿrs¹ bn g{ʿ}{ṯ}m h- s²ḥt h- dmyt
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Translation
By ʿrs¹ son of {Gʿṯm} the animal driver is the drawing
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

  • Macdonald, M.C.A. Of rock-art, “desert kites” and meṣāyid. Pages 332-345 in A.V. Sedov & I.M. Smulyanskaya (eds), Arabia Vitalis: Arabskii Vostok, islam, drevnyaya Araviya: Sbornik Naychnykh statei, posvyashchennyi 60-letiyu V.V. Naumkina. Moscow: Rossiiskaya Akademiya Nauk, 2005.
  • [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
Drawing of a domestic animal, Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0006065
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA

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OCIANA. 'C 2861.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/35457. Accessed: 24 Jun, 2025.