LP 640
Text Information
- Siglum
- LP 640
- Transliteration
- [l] ---- [b][n] [m][d][ʿ] [b][n] s²mt bn ḫlʾl bn ḃnt w ngʿ ʿl- s²[m]t [ʾ][s¹][r] f h lt w bʿls¹mn w gdʿwḏ s¹l[m] l- [ḏ] ġnẓ b- rmy w ʿwr l- ḏ yʿwr h- s¹fr
- Translation
- By son of Mdʿ son of S²mt son of Ḫlʾl son of Ḃnt. And he longed for S²mt (who is in prison). So, O lt and Bʿls¹mn and Gdʿwḏ, [grant] security to him who is distressed by a Roman! And blindness to him 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
- #0009224
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