C 5108

Siglum
C 5108
Alternative Sigla
Dussaud M 774
Transliteration
l btmh bn ʾr {f} h ʾ(l)t flṭ -h m{n-} ʿḏʾt
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Translation
By Btmh so of ʾr {and so} O {ʾlt} deliver him {from} ʿḏʾt
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
C translates ʿḏʾt "loss" following Grimme's extraordinary, and completely unacceptable, interpretation of ʿḏʾt from Arabic ʾaḏātu "loss" (Grimme 1929: 49), based on his belief that ʾ and ʿ can be interchanged in Safaitic (Grimme 1929: 19)!

  • [Dussaud M] Dussaud, R. & Macler, F. Mission dans les régions désertiques de la Syrie moyenne. Extrait des /Nouvelles Archives des Missions Scientifiques/, t. X [p. 405-744, ps. 1-31 ]. Paris: Imprimerie nationale / Leroux, 1903.
  • [Wetzstein] 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.
  • [C] Ryckmans, G. Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum: Pars Quinta, Inscriptiones Saracenicae Continens: Tomus I, Fasciculus I, Inscriptiones Safaiticae. Paris: E Reipublicae Typographeo, 1950–1951.
Site
At various places between Ġadīr al-Darb and the village of al-Išbikkī (Al-Šabkī),on the eastern slopes of Ǧabal al-ʿArab (C p. 624), Al-Suwaydāʾ (al-Sweidah) Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1901
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Deity, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer
Old OCIANA ID
#0008312
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