C 3260

Text Information

Siglum
C 3260
Alternative Sigla
Is.Mu 92, LP 351, LSI 122
Transliteration
l s¹ʿdlh fty hḏr w r{ʿ}y h- mʿzy
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Translation
By S¹ʿdlh slave of Hḏr and he {pastured} the goats
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
LSI 122: l s¹ʿdl h-fty h- ḏkr "By S¹ʿdl-Fty [is] this inscription [?]" for l s¹ʿdlh fty hḏr "By S¹ʿdlh the slave of Hḏr" LP 351: l s¹ʿdl h-fty h-ḏkr "By S¹ʿdl, the manly youngling" [and assuming that he was a slave] C: l s¹ʿdl (b)(n) fty (b)(n) ḏr "By S¹ʿdl {son of} Fty {son of} Ḏr"; Jamme 1971: 26: l s¹ʿdlh s²ty hḏr "By S¹ʿdlh. He has wintered at Ḥḏr"

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
L-R/R-L

Associated Inscriptions
C 3261-3264 [= Is.Mu 93-96]

  • [Is.Mu] Inscriptions recorded at al-ʿĪsāwī by Muna Al-Muʾazzin, on the Safaitic Epigraphic Survey Programme, 1995–2002, and published here.
  • [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.
  • [LSI] Littmann, E. Semitic Inscriptions. Part IV of the Publications of an American Archaeological Expedition to Syria in 1899-1900. New York: Century, 1904.
  • [LP] Littmann, E. Safaïtic Inscriptions. Syria. Publications of the Princeton University Archaeological Expeditions to Syria in 1904–1905 and 1909. Division IV. Section C. Leiden: Brill, 1943.
  • [C] Ryckmans, G. Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum: Pars Quinta, Inscriptiones Saracenicae Continens: Tomus I, Fasciculus I, Inscriptiones Safaiticae. Paris: E Reipublicae Typographeo, 1950–1951.
Site
Al-ʿĪsāwī, Rif Dimašq Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1899–1900, 1904–1905, 1996–2003
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Domestic animals, Genealogy, Pasturing, Slave
Old OCIANA ID
#0027097
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OCIANA. 'C 3260.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/3583. Accessed: 29 Jun, 2025.