C 291
Text Information
- Siglum
- C 291
- Alternative Sigla
- Dunand 1342
- Transliteration
- l s²bm bn ḏkr h- ġrb w ʾmt f bġḍ
- Translation
- By S²bm son of Ḏkr (who was) in the west [= i.e. settled areas] during Libra, and he hated (it)
Interpretation
- Apparatus Criticus
- C: "By S²bm son of Ḏkr the foreigner, and he was killed. And hate"
- Commentary
- The translation offered here is that of Al-Jallad & Jaworska 2019: 59, s.v. bġḍ.
- 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 Signs
- The cartouche has seven lines on the lower side
- 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. & Jaworska, K.A. Dictionary and Grammar of the Safaitic Inscriptions. Volume I: Dictionary. Leiden: Brill, 2019
- 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
- Subjects
- Astronomical, Genealogy, Present in a place
- Script
- Safaitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0003496
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