C 974
Text Information
- Siglum
- C 974
- Alternative Sigla
- Vogüé 93 b
- Transliteration
-
l ḥny bn qs¹m bn ḥn{y} bn lʿṯm bn zʾkt bn ʾs¹lm bn mbdy bn kwnt w mtʿ l- ḫlqt b- h- mʿzyn b- r(ʾ)y ʾʾly f rʿy h- bq[l] w ḫr[ṣ] s²nʾ f h lt s¹(l)(m)
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- Translation
-
By Ḥny son of Qs¹m son of Ḥny son of Lʿṯm son of Zʾkt son of ʾs¹lm son of Mbdy son of Kwnt and it [a planet ?] shone brightly in a portion of Orion during the {rising} of Taurus so may he pasture on {fresh herbage} and {he kept watch} for enemies and so O Lt [grant] {security}
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- Language and Script
- Safaitic
Interpretation
- Commentary
- The translation is that in Al-Jallad 2016: 99–100
- Editio Princeps
- C
- Al-Jallad, A. An Ancient Arabian Zodiac. The Constellations in the Safaitic Inscriptions. Part II. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 27, 2016: 84–106.
- [Vogüé] de Vogüé, M. Syrie Centrale. Inscriptions sémitiques. Paris: Baudry, 1868-1877.
- [C] Ryckmans, G. Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum: Pars Quinta, Inscriptiones Saracenicae Continens: Tomus I, Fasciculus I, Inscriptiones Safaiticae. Paris: E Reipublicae Typographeo, 1950–1951.
- Site
- Al-ʿUdaysīyah, at the southern end of the Ruḥbah, on the left [i.e. west] bank of Wādī al-Šām” ( C p.126), Rif Dimašq Governorate, Syria
- Date Found
- 1861, 1862
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subject
- Genealogy
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0004179
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16 Sep, 2024
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OCIANA. 'C 974.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/6409. Accessed: 01 Jul, 2025.