C 4404

Siglum: C 4404
Alternative Sigla: Dussaud M 513
Transliteration: l ḫlṣ bn s²hm bn ʿmrt bn ʿm {w} {w}lh ʿl- ḥbb -h qtl trḥ f h s²ms¹ (w) h gdʿwḏ w h lt ʿqb b- -h rm ḏ ʾs¹lf w ʿwr ḏ ----
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Translation: By Ḫlṣ son of S²hm son of ʿmrt son of ʿm {and} {he was distraught} over his friend a warrior perished and so O S²ms¹ and O Gdʿwḏ and O Lt punish for it Rm who did it in revenge and blind whoever ----
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Language and Script: Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: C: qtl trḥ "killed, sadness" for "a warrior perished"; ʿqr b- {h}r(g) ḏ ʾs¹lf w ʿwr ḏ [y][ʿ][w][r] "and may he who rubs it out die in a massacre and may he who [obliterates] be blinded" for ʿqb b -h rm ḏ ʾs¹lf w ʿwr ḏ ---- "punish for it Rm who did it in revenge and blind whoever ----"

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[Lane] Lane, E.W. An Arabic-English Lexicon, Derived from the Best and Most Copious Eastern Sources. (Volume 1 in 8 parts [all published]). London: Williams & Norgate, 1863-1893.
Macdonald, M.C.A. Literacy and Identity in Pre-Islamic Arabia. (Variorum Collected Studies, 906). Farnham: Ashgate, 2009.
[C] Ryckmans, G. Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum: Pars Quinta, Inscriptiones Saracenicae Continens: Tomus I, Fasciculus I, Inscriptiones Safaiticae. Paris: E Reipublicae Typographeo, 1950–1951.

Site: Between Al-Namārah and Ġadīr al-Darb, Al-Suwaydāʾ (al-Sweidah) Governorate, Syria

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