C 1066

Siglum: C 1066
Alternative Sigla: Wetzstein 139; Vogüé 217
Transliteration: l ḥrs¹ (b)(n) s²rk bn ṣb(ḥ) bn ḥy bn ḫdmt bn ġzyt bn ʿbd bn ml{k} w wgm ʿl- yrs¹l w (ʿ)l- ʿqrb w (ʿ)(l)- khl f h lt w gdʿwḏ s¹lm l- ḏ s¹ʾr
Translation: By Ḥrs¹ {son of} S²rk son of {Ṣbḥ} son of Ḥy son of Ḫdmt son of Ġzyt son of ʿbd son of {Mlk} and he grieved for Yrs¹l and for ʿqrb and for Khl and so O Lt and Gdʿwḏ [grant] security to whomever leaves [the inscription] untouched

Interpretation

Provenance: Note that the co-ordinates are estimates. De Vogüé gives the fullest description of al-ʿUdaysīyah. He writes: "Strictly speaking, the name al-ʿUdaysīyah refers to a point on the [southern] end of the Ruḥbah where there are rough ruins: one can distinguish a small tower, and some surrounding walls in dry-stonework. All around these remains, are traces of stoneworking: fragments, quarried blocks, unfinished slabs strewn all over the ground. Tradition has it that this was the quarry for Khirbat al-Bayḍā. At Al-ʿUdaysīyah itself there are no inscriptions, but within a fairly short radius of this point there are several nameless cairns which are covered with them. We explored four of these which furnished us with texts [V 56–130 = C 924–1016]. Near to one of them we found another quarry" (1868–1877: 144).

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Grimme, H. Texte und Untersuchungen zur ṣafatenisch-arabischen Religion. Mit einer Einführung in die ṣafatenische Epigraphik. (Studien zur Geschichte und Kultur des Altertums, 16/01/2012). [Reprint, 1970, Johnson, New York]. Paderborn: Schöningh, 1929.
de Vogüé, M. Syrie Centrale. Inscriptions sémitiques. Paris: Baudry, 1868-1877.

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