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C 871

Text Information

Siglum
C 871
Alternative Sigla
Dunand 1214
Transliteration
l nʿwḏ bn nẓm(l)(t) bn ḫwḏ bn rbn bn ṣḥ bn bġḍ
Translation
By Nʿwḏ son of Nẓmlt son of Ḫwḏ son of Rbn son of Ṣḥ son of Bġḍ

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
nʿwḏ bn nẓmlt bn ḫwḏ bn rbn bn ṣḥ bn bġḍ

Provenance
Khirbat al-Umbāshī is a site on an "island" in a Wādī, with settlements dating mostly from the second half of the third millennium to the early second millennium BC. In addition there are two large cemeteries to the east and south-west with over 1000 megalithic tombs (see Braemer, Echallier & Taraqji 1993). It is at the northern extremity of the Kraa (al-Qaraʾah) and about 30 km from nearest villages on Jabal al-ʿArab. The cairn where these inscriptions were copied has not been rediscovered.

  • Ryckmans, G. Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum: Pars Quinta, Inscriptiones Saracenicae Continens: Tomus I, Fasciculus I, Inscriptiones Safaiticae. Paris: E Reipublicae Typographeo, 1950–1951.
Site
A cairn north of Ḫirbat al-Umbāšī, Al-Suwaydāʾ (al-Sweidah) Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1920s & 1930s
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0004076
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