C 2989

Siglum
C 2989
Alternative Sigla
Dunand 755 b
Transliteration
l ḥg bn lb bn hmlk w wgd ʾṯr ʾrm f w----ʿmr
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Translation
By Ḥg son of Lb son of Hmlk and he found the traces of ʾrm f ---- ʿmr
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
C: rb for lb; (h)rm "H- Rm" for ʾrm; f wġ---- m- rm "and ---- from Rm" [using the m of C 2988.1 as the final letter in this text] for f w----ʿmr; Milik 1980: 44: ʾrmf w bn ʿmr[t] "ʾrmf and of the sons of {ʿmrt}" for ʾrm f w----ʿmr; Macdonald 1993: 333 and n. 194: w wgd ʾṯr ʾrm "and he found the inscription of ʾrm".

Associated Inscriptions

  • [MNH] Macdonald, M.C.A. Nomads and the Ḥawrān in the late Hellenistic and Roman periods: A reassessment of the epigraphic evidence. Syria 70, 1993: 303-413. [Reprinted with the same pagination, plus addenda and corrigenda as Article II in M.C.A. Macdonald, Literacy and Identity in Pre-Islamic Arabia, (Variorum Collected Studies Series no. 906), Farnham: Ashgate, 2009].
  • [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
Subjects
Finding inscription(s), Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0006193
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA