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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

LP 576

Text Information

Siglum
LP 576
Transliteration
l bddh bn ʾyl bn ḏr bn ʾs¹wr w ḫrṣ dn f rwḥ h ʾlt
Translation
By Bddh son of ʾyl son of Ḏr son of ʾs¹wr and he kept watch for Dn so, let there be relief, O ʾLt

Interpretation

Commentary
Consider the possibility that h ʾlt = h hʾlt (equivalent of O Allāt)

Provenance
Unfortunately, the Safaitic Epigraphic Survey Programme was unable to locate the site of Qabr Nāṣir and it does not appear in Geonames.

  • 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.
Site
Qabr Nāṣir, Al-Suwaydāʾ (al-Sweidah) Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1904–1905
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0009160
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