C 3143

Siglum
C 3143
Alternative Sigla
Dunand 827 a
Transliteration
l mgf {b}[n] {h}{n} {b}{n} mġyr bn ṣtm bn ẓʿn bn ḥg w rʿy h- ḍʾn w wrd h- nmrt w ḫrṣ f h lt w h gdʿwḏ s¹lm m- ḏ ḫrṣ w ʿwr l- ḏ yʿwr h- {s¹}fr
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Translation
By Mgf {son of} {Hn} {son of} Mġyr son of Ṣtm son of Ẓʿn son of Ḥg and he pastured the sheep and he watered at H-Nmrt and he kept watch and so O Lt and O Gd ʿwḏ [grant] security from that which he kept watch against and [inflict] blindness on whoever may scratch out the {inscription}
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Associated Inscriptions

  • Al-Jallad, A. An Outline of the Grammar of the Safaitic Inscriptions. (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics, 80). Leiden: Brill, 2015.
  • [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 (l) “On the left bank of Wādī al-Šām in the area of Zalaf downstream” (C p. 405), Rif Dimašq Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1920s and 1930s
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Genealogy, Pasturing, Domestic animals, Watering, Place-name, Watch (keeping), Isolated Prayer, Deity, Curse
Old OCIANA ID
#0006347
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA

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OCIANA, 'C 3143,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/35744. Accessed: 10 May, 2026.