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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

LP 590

Siglum
LP 590
Transliteration
l ġmd bn gl w wgd ʾṯr ʾs²yʿ -h ḥrbn f ngʿ w wlh w h rḍy ʿwr l- ḏ yʿwr
Translation
By Ġmd son of Gl and he found the traces of his companions that were killed in war. And he grieved in pain and he was distraught with grief [for his companions] and O Rḍy [inflict] blindness on whoever scratches out [the writing]

Interpretation

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
#0009174
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