C 3143

Text Information

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}
OCIANA
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
Curse, Deity, Domestic animals, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Pasturing, Place-name, Watch (keeping), Watering
Old OCIANA ID
#0006347
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OCIANA. 'C 3143.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/35744. Accessed: 08 Jun, 2025.