C 220
Text Information
- Siglum
- C 220
- Alternative Sigla
- Dunand 1298 b
- Transliteration
- l ḫly bn hmlk bn nhḍ bn ḥmyn bn ġḍḍt w nẓr f h rḍw s¹nt ḥrb h- n{b}{ṭ}
- Translation
- By Ḫly son of Hmlk son of Nhḍ son of Ḥmyn son of Ġḍḍt and he was in need of aid so, O Rḍw, the year of the war of the {Nabataeans}.
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 Drawings
- In the centre, two camels and a cross with stripes on the extremities.
- 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" (C p. 33), Rif Dimašq Governorate, Syria
- Date Found
- 1920s and 1930s
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subject
- Genealogy
- Script
- Safaitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0003425
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