C 3263

Siglum
C 3263
Alternative Sigla
Is.Mu 95, LP 348, LSI 125
Transliteration
l ʾḏnt bn wrd bn ʾnʿm bn khl bn ʿm bn khl ḏ- ʾl nġbr f h lt w s²ʿhqm w gdʿwḏ w bʿls¹mn w ds²r ġyrt l- -h w ʿwr w ʿrg w nqʾt b- wdd l- ḏ yʿwr h- ḫṭṭ
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Translation
By ʾḏnt son of Wrd son of ʾnʿm son of Khl son of ʿm son of Khl of the lineage of Nġbr and so O Lt and S²ʿhqm and Gdʿwḏ and Bʿls¹mn and Ds²r [grant] abundance to him [the author] and [inflict] blindness and lameness and ejection from the grave by a loved one on whoever scratches out the carving
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
LSI 125 : nqʾt b- wd(q) "bloodshot eyes [?]" LP 348: nqʾt b- wdd "ejection into calamities" C emends nqʾt b- wdd to nqʾt b- w{q}d "revenge by fire";
Commentary
For the translation of nqʾt b- wdd see Al-Jallad 2015: 136, 209, 335.

Editio Princeps
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Special Letter Forms
dd of wdd are counterposed
Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Boustrophedon

Associated Inscriptions

  • Al-Jallad, A. An Outline of the Grammar of the Safaitic Inscriptions. (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics, 80). Leiden: Brill, 2015.
  • [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.
  • [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
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Curse, Deity, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Lineage
Old OCIANA ID
#0027100
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OCIANA. 'C 3263.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/3586. Accessed: 29 Jun, 2025.