LP 1299
Text Information
- Siglum
- LP 1299
- Transliteration
- l s²rk bn nġft bn lġz bn nʿmn
- Translation
- By S²rk son of Nġft son of Lġz son of Nʿmn
Interpretation
- Commentary
- Gertrude Bell describes her finding this text and LP 1300–1302.1 on 23rd March 1905 in "a mass of rock all covered with inscriptions, Nabathaean, Greek, Kufic, and one in a [l]abel [that is a cartouche] which I did not know, but it was very like the oldest script of Yemen Sabaean." (Bell F 1927: 196). See also Bell GL 1907: 122–123 where a translation of this inscription is given.
- Provenance
- Gertrude Bell apparently copied LP 1299–1302.1 together with an unpublished (?) Nabataean text in the area of al-Khirbat al-bayḍā but unfortunately does not give any more exact provenance.
- Associated Inscriptions
- Littmann, E. Safaïtic Inscriptions. Syria. Publications of the Princeton University Archaeological Expeditions to Syria in 1904–1905 and 1909. Division IV. Section C. Leiden: Brill, 1943.
- Bell, G.L. The Desert and the Sown. London: Heinemann, 1907
- Bell, F. The letters of Gertrude Bell, selected and edited by Lady Bell. (2 volumes). London: Benn, 1927
- Site
- Near Ḫirbat al-Bayḍā, Rif Dimašq Governorate, Syria
- Date Found
- 1905
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subject
- Genealogy
- Script
- Safaitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0009883
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