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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

LP 618

Text Information

Siglum
LP 618
Transliteration
l ʿbṭ bn gdlt bn hḏr bn lʿṯmn bn bġḍ bn hḏr w ḫrṣ h- s²nʾ f h lt s¹lm w ṯwl ḏ yʿwr h- s¹fr
Translation
By ʿbṭ son of Gdlt son of Hḏr son of Lʿṯmn son of Bġḍ son of Hḏr. And he was on the look-out for the enemy. So, O lt, [grant] security! Possessed by a devil be he who effaces this inscription!

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
#0009202
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