CIS II 196

id: 615

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This text was discovered in 1889 reused in a house in the village, “sur l'emplacement d'une ancienne église” and was first published by M.J. Lagrange (LIN).
The stone is 60 cm long, 46 cm high and its thickness is about 30 cm.
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dʾ mqbrtʾ w trty npštʾ dy ʿlʾ mnh dy ʿbd ʿbdʿbdt ʾsrtgʾ
lʾytybl ʾsrtgʾ ʾbwhy w lʾytybl
rb mšrytʾ dy lḥytw w ʿbrtʾ br ʿbdʿbdt
ʾsrtgʾ dnh bbyt šlṭwnhm dy šlṭw
zmnyn tryn šnyn tltyn w št ʿl šny ḥrtt
mlk nbṭw rḥm ʿmh w ʿbydtʾ dy
ʿlʾ ʿbydt bšnt ʾrbʿyn w št lh
Word list - CIS II 196
  • ʾb – Subst. sg. suffixed 1
  • ʾytybl – Man’s personal name 2
  • ʾsrtgʾ – Subst. sg. emphatic 3
  • ʾrbʿyn – Number in letters 1
  • b- – Preposition 2
  • byt – Subst. sg. construct 1
  • dʾ – Demonstrative pronoun fem. sg. 1
  • dy – Determinative relative pronoun 5
  • dnh – Demonstrative pronoun masc. sg. 1
  • -h – 1
  • -h – Enclitic personal pronoun sg. 2
  • -hm – Enclitic personal pronoun pl. 1
  • w – Conjunction 6
  • -why – Enclitic personal pronoun sg. 1
  • zmnyn – Subst. pl. absolute 1
  • ḥytw – Man’s personal name 1
  • ḥrtt – Nabataean king’s name 1
  • l- – Preposition 4
  • mlk – Subst. sg. construct 1
  • mn – Preposition 1
  • mqbrtʾ – Subst. sg. emphatic 1
  • mšrytʾ – Subst. sg. emphatic 1
  • nbṭw – Non gentilic group name 1
  • npštʾ – Subst. pl. emphatic 1
  • ʿbd – Suffix conjugation pʿl (G-stem or D-stem) 1
  • ʿbdʿbdt – Man’s personal name 2
  • ʿbydt – Passive verbal form pʿyl 1
  • ʿbydtʾ – Subst. sg. emphatic 1
  • ʿbrtʾ – Man’s personal name 1
  • ʿl – Preposition 1
  • ʿlʾ – Adverb 2
  • ʿm – Subst. sg. suffixed 1
  • rb – Subst. sg. construct 1
  • rḥm – Active participle sg. 1
  • šlṭw – Suffix conjugation pʿl (G-stem or D-stem) 1
  • šlṭwn – Subst. sg. suffixed 1
  • šny – Subst. pl. construct 1
  • šnyn – Subst. pl. absolute 1
  • šnt – Subst. sg. construct 1
  • št – Number in letters 2
  • tltyn – Number in letters 1
  • tryn – Number in letters 1
  • trty – Number in letters 1
د ا م ق ب ر ت ا و ت ر ت ي ن ف ش ت ا د ي ع ل ا م ن ه د ي ع ب د ع ب د ع ب د ت ا س ر ت ج ا
ل ا ي ت ي ب ل ا س ر ت ج ا ا ب و ه ي و ل ا ي ت ي ب ل
ر ب م ش ر ي ت ا د ي ل ح ي ت و و ع ب ر ت ا ب ر ع ب د ع ب د ت
ا س ر ت ج ا د ن ه ب ب ي ت ش ل ط و ن ه م د ي ش ل ط و
ز م ن ي ن ت ر ي ن ش ن ي ن ت ل ت ي ن و ش ت ع ل ش ن ي ح ر ت ت
م ل ك ن ب ط و ر ح م ع م ه و ع ب ي د ت ا د ي
ع ل ا ع ب ي د ت ب ش ن ت ا ر ب ع ي ن و ش ت ل ه
This is the tomb and the two funeral monuments above it which ʿbdʿbdt the governor made for ʾytybl the governor, his father, and for ʾytybl the camp commandant who is in Lḥytw and ʿbrtʾ son of the said ʿbdʿbdt the governor, in the territory of their rule, which they exercised twice for thirty-six years during the time of Ḥrtt king of the Nabataeans, lover of his people. And the above work was executed in his forty-sixth year
The reading of the text being perfectly clear, the apparatus criticus is not detailed here. The reading provided above is the one that is given in HNTI. Besides, only the main editions and commentaries are listed in the relevant section of the record.
Two almost identical copies of this inscription exist, one in the Vatican Museums and one in the Louvre. The only difference between the two is that the word ʿlʾ at the end of the first line of the Louvre text appears at the beginning of the second line in the Vatican Museums text (where the word is also more clearly preserved, as recorded here).
The CIS, Cantineau (CN), Cooke (CTB) reproduced the Vatican version while the Répertoire (RES) reproduced the Louvre version.
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CIS II 196 Vatican version

9 editions or commentaries found

reference reading category translation category page photograph copy squeeze card status
CGRAO VII
Clermont-Ganneau 1906, RAO VII 		241–247 Checked
CIS II
CIS II, Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum 		Checked
CN(b)
Cantineau 1932, Le Nabatéen 		44–45 p. 44 Checked
CTB
Cooke 1903, Text-Book 		247–248 Checked
HNTI
Healey 1993, Tomb Inscriptions 		Correct reading Correct translation 247–248 Checked
LHNE
Lidzbarski 1898, Handbuch 		450 pl. 29.4 Checked
NNIM
Nöldeke 1891, ZA 6 		149–150 Checked
RES
RES, Répertoire d’épigraphie sémitique 		Checked
RILN
Rossi 1893, Iscrizione 		Checked
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