C 3261

Siglum
C 3261
Alternative Sigla
Is.Mu 93, LP 350, LSI 123
Transliteration
l ʿzhm bn ʾnʿm bn ʿzhm ḏ- ʾl nġbr s¹nt ḥgz {-h} bʿls¹mn w byt h- dr w ḍrṭ qdmt
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Translation
By ʿzhm son of ʾnʿm son of ʿzhm of the lineage of Nġbr the year Bʿls¹mn withheld it [the rain] and he spent the night here and he farted first
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
LSI 123: lts¹nḥ {ʿ}zt bʿls¹mn "may good luck be given [?] by the power of Bʿls¹mn!" LP 350: [l-] s¹nt ḥg bt bʿls¹mn "in the year in which he betook himself to the house of Bʿls¹mn" C 3261: l-s¹nt ḥ[g]zh bʿls¹mn "the year in which Bʿls¹mn restrained him" for s¹nt ḥgz {-h} bʿls¹mn "the year Bʿls¹mn withheld it [the rain]" Macdonald 2003: 278, n. 8: s¹nt ḥgz{t} bʿls¹mn "the year of {the withholding} of Bʿls¹mn [that is, the year he withheld the rain].

Editio Princeps
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Special Letter Forms
d in qdmt is formed by a b written over a l and is identical to thosein Mu 102. ḍ with only one cross-stroke r with lower hook above bottom of curve (unlike the other r's in the text)
Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Boustrophedon

Associated Signs
Polygon with 4 circles in it at the point where text turns back on itself
Associated Inscriptions
C 3260 [= LP 351]; C 3262 [= LP 349]; C 3263 [= LP 348], C 3264 [= LP 346]

  • [Is.Mu] Inscriptions recorded at al-ʿĪsāwī by Muna Al-Muʾazzin, on the Safaitic Epigraphic Survey Programme, 1995–2002, and published here.
  • [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.
  • Macdonald, M.C.A. References to Sīʿ in the Safaitic Inscriptions. Pages 278-280 in J. Dentzer-Feydy, J.-M. Dentzer & P.-M. Blanc (eds), Hauran II: Les installations de Sīʿ 8. Du sanctuaire à l'établissement viticole. M. Kalos & P. Tondon (architectes), H. Hatoum. (2 volumes). (Bibliothèque archéologique et historique, 164). Beirut: Institut Français d'Archéologie du Proche-Orient, 2003.
  • [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
Date (s¹nt), Deity, Genealogy, Insults, Present in a place, Weather
Old OCIANA ID
#0027098
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OCIANA. 'C 3261.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/3584. Accessed: 29 Jun, 2025.