C 886

Siglum: C 886
Alternative Sigla: Dunand 1222 a
Transliteration: l nṣrʾl bn bwts¹ bn fny bn ṭʿ(n) w wgd (s¹)fr s¹ʿdt f wgm w lt s¹lm m- s²nʾ w n----
Translation: By Nṣrʾl son of Bwts¹ son of Fny son of Ṭʿn and he found the inscription of S¹ʿdt and he grieved and Lt [grant] security from enemies and ----

Interpretation

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.
Original Reading Credit: OCIANA
Original Translation Credit: C

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