C 4448

Siglum
C 4448
Alternative Sigla
Dussaud M 554
Transliteration
l mḥwr bn ġṭfn bn ʾḏnt w ṣyr b- ġnmt -h s¹nt ḥrb h- mḏy ʾl rm b- bṣr{y} qṭrz
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Translation
By Mḥwr son of Ġṭfn son of ʾḏnt and he returned to a place of water with his goats the year the Persians waged war upon the people of Rome at {Bṣry} qṭrz
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
MNH p. 331 and n. 180: s¹nt ḥrb h- mḏy ʾl rm b- bṣr(y) qṭrz - the year the Persians fought the ʾl Rm at Boṣra. The last four letters remain inexplicable. See Knauf ZDMG 134 1984 for a list of different identifications of the Persians at Boṣra. Also MNH p. 334. MNBS p. 112: on Knauf and the interpretation of ḥrb. C: l mḥwr bn ġṭfn bn ʾḏnt w ṣyr b- ġnmt -h s¹nt ḥrb h- mḏy ʾl rm b- bṣr ṣqṭ (b)z

Editio Princeps
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  • [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.
  • [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
Date Found
1901
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0007652
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA