C 223
Text Information
- Siglum
- C 223
- Alternative Sigla
- Dunand 1300
- Transliteration
- l ʾbrr bn ġbh {w} {ḥ}{l} h- d[r] s¹nt bʿy h- rḍ ws¹hb{ḥ}mb{r}ḥbtb{ġ}rb
- Translation
- By ʾbrr son of Ġbh {and} {he stayed} {here} in the year ....
Interpretation
- Apparatus Criticus
- C: l ʾbrr bn ġbh {w} {ḥ}{l} h- d[r] s¹nt bʿy h rḍw s¹hb {ḥ}m b- {r}ḥbt b- ġrb By ʾbrr son of Ġbh {and} {he stayed} {here} in the year of oppression. Oh Rḍw! And he entered {Ḥm} in Rḥbt, on the {Western} side
- 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
- OCIANA
- Original Translation Credit
- OCIANA
- 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
- #0003428
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