C 2988

Siglum
C 2988
Alternative Sigla
Dunand 755 a
Transliteration
l lbʾt bn s²ʾm bn rgl bn ʿq bn mlk bn qḥs² bn ḥḍg bn s¹wr bn ḥmyn w ---- w bn ʿmrt
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Translation
By Lbʾt son of S²ʾm son of Rgl son of ʿq son of Mlk son of Qḥs² son of Ḥḍg son of S¹wr son of Ḥmyn and ---- and son of ʿmrt
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
C: w nql ʿwl f lt wbn ʿmrt "and the price of grain was threatened. And Lt ʿmrt is hungry (?)" for w---- w bn ʿmrt " and ---- and son of ʿmrt". Jamme 1971: 39: wbn "he was in pain" for w bn "and the son of" Milik 1980: 44: ʿq[r][b] for ʿq; W{.}q---- w lf w bn ʿmrt "he has ---- the same as the sons of ʿmrt" Milik 1980: 53, n. 14: reads l tm as a separate inscription (see C 2988.1) crossing this text.

Associated Inscriptions

  • [JVR] Jamme, A. The Grammatical Usage of the Safaitic Verb rʿy, to pasture. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli 31 [N.S. 21], 1971: 21-40.
  • [MTB] Milik, J.T. La tribu des Bani ʿAmrat en Jordanie de l'époque grecque et romaine. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 24, 1980: 41-54.
  • [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 (k) “On the left bank of Wādī al-Šām about 3 km upstream towards Zalaf” (C p. 381)., Rif Dimašq Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1920s and 1930s
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0006192
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA