Sigla: C 4981; Dunand 964  Script: Safaitic

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Transliteration
l kʿm{h} bn ----{y} bn ʾbyn w wl{h} f wlh ʿl- ʾs²yʿ -h f hy ʾlt ḥyy l- ḏ s¹ʾr

Translation
By {Kʿmh} son of ----{y} son of ʾbyn and {he was distraught} over and over again for his companions and so O ʾlt [grant] life to him who remains

Apparatus Criticus
C: [f]{n}y for ----{y}; f h yʾlt ḥyy l- ḏ s¹ʾr " and O Yʾlt life to the one who leaves [it] unimpaired"

Commentary
There is no justification on the copy for C's restoration of the second name as [f]{n}y. C suggests that w wlh f wlh could be due to dittography but this seems unlikely given the different conjunctions used. Literally it means "he was distraught and then he was distraught", which we have translated as "he was distraught over and over again", presumably every time one or more of his companions died or was in trouble. On the vocative particle hy see Al-Jallad 2015: 158–159, and for the meaning of of s¹ʾr see Al-Jallad 2015: 339–340.

Subjects
Genealogy Grieving Prayer Deity

Country: Syria
Region: Al-Suwaydah or Rif Dimashq
Site: On the right bank of Wādī al-Gharz, near the track from Ǧabal al-Drūz to al-Namāra
Present Location: In situ
Find date: 1920s and 1930s
Field collector: Maurice & Mireille Dunand
Notes: Unfortunately, there is no way of knowing where on the right bank of Wādī al-Gharz these inscriptions were found.

References:
Al-Jallad, A.M. An Outline of the Grammar of the Safaitic Inscriptions. (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics, 80). Leiden: Brill, 2015. Pages: 158–159, 339–340

[C] Ryckmans, G. Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum: Pars Quinta, Inscriptiones Saracenicae Continens: Tomus I, Fasciculus I, Inscriptiones Safaiticae. Paris: E Reipublicae Typographeo, 1950–1951.

[Dunand] Safaitic inscriptions copied by Maurice and Mireille Dunand in the basalt desert of southern Syria in the 1920s and 1930s and published in G. Ryckmans (ed.), Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum. Pars V. Inscriptiones Saracenicas continens, Tomus 1. Inscriptiones Safaiticae. (2 volumes). Paris: Imprimerie nationale, 1950-1951.

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