LP 644
Text Information
- Siglum
- LP 644
- Transliteration
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l ġs¹m bn s²mt bn ḫlʾl bn ḃnt w ḥll h- dr s¹nt qns¹ h- mlk ʾl ʿwḏ w ḫrṣ ʾs²yʿ -h ʾs¹rt f h bʿls¹mn rwḥ l- ḏ ġnẓ
OCIANA
- Translation
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By Ġs¹m son of S²mt son of Ḫlʾl son of Ḃnt. And he encamped at this place, in the year in which the king fined the tribe of ʿwḏ. And he was on the look-out for his imprisoned fellows. So, O Bʿls¹mn, (grant) rest to those who are distressed.
OCIANA
- Language and Script
- Safaitic
Interpretation
- Apparatus Criticus
- MNH p. 334 and n. 203: on s¹nt qns¹ h- mlk ʾl ʿwḏ - the year the king [or Hmlk] fined the ʾl ʿwḏ; p. 344 n. 263: on Graf's interpretation of hmlk.
- [LP] 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
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0009228
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Updated
16 Sep, 2024
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OCIANA. 'LP 644.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/16486. Accessed: 14 Jun, 2025.