C 269
Text Information
- Siglum
- C 269
- Alternative Sigla
- Dunand 1330 a
- Transliteration
- l grm bn nr bn ḫl w rʿy h- nḫl b- ql b- ḏkr s¹nt gs²m w ḥnʾl
- Translation
- By Grm son of Nr son of Ḫl and he pastured in the valley on fresh herbage during Aquarius the year of Gs²m and Ḥnʾl
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
- OCIANA
- Associated Inscriptions
- Ryckmans, G. Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum: Pars Quinta, Inscriptiones Saracenicae Continens: Tomus I, Fasciculus I, Inscriptiones Safaiticae. Paris: E Reipublicae Typographeo, 1950–1951.
- Al-Jallad, A.M An Ancient Arabian Zodiac. The Constellations in the Safaitic Inscriptions. Part II. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 27, 2016: 84–106.
- 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
- #0003474
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