C 255
Text Information
- Siglum
- C 255
- Alternative Sigla
- Dunand 1316 b
- Transliteration
- l rṯʾl bn s¹wd
- Translation
- By Rṯʾl son of S¹wd
Interpretation
- Apparatus Criticus
- nb. C gives b for bn but understands bn, and the n is clear
- Provenance
- Unfortunately C does not supply any further information on the provenance of this inscription and, to the best of our knowledge, the area has not been revisited. We have been unable to locate Wādī Gharah.
- Original Reading Credit
- C
- Original Translation Credit
- C
- Associated Drawings
- Above the inscription, a picture of a camel
- Associated Inscriptions
- Ryckmans, G. Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum: Pars Quinta, Inscriptiones Saracenicae Continens: Tomus I, Fasciculus I, Inscriptiones Safaiticae. Paris: E Reipublicae Typographeo, 1950–1951.
- Site
- "On the right bank of Wādī Ġarah near a bridge" (C p. 41),, Rif Dimašq Governorate, Syria
- Date Found
- 1920s and 1930s
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subject
- Genealogy
- Script
- Safaitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0003460
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