C 257
Text Information
- Siglum
- C 257
- Alternative Sigla
- Dunand 1318
- Transliteration
- l ʾdrmn bn ʾ{ḥ}{r}b h- bkrt
- Translation
- By ʾdrmn son of {ʾḥrb} is the young she-camel
Interpretation
- 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
- To the right of the inscription, a man seated on a camel, a spear in his right hand, his left hand holding the reins.
- 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
- #0003462
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