LP 653

Siglum: LP 653
Transliteration: l mġyr bn mḥlm bn ʿbd bn mʿz bn ms²ʿr w ḥḍr h- dr s¹nt lgy[n] grmnqṣ b- nqʾt w wg[ʿ] ʿl- glḥn qtl w ʿl- ʾb{n} qtl w ʿl- mʿz qtl w ʿl- mlk qtl w ʿl- ns¹m w ʿl- ṭrts¹m(w)y
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Translation: By Mġyr son of Mḥlm son of ʿbd son of Mʿz son of Ms²ʿr and he stayed by permanent water here the year the {legions} of Grmnqṣ were at Nqʾt and he {grieved in pain} for Glḥn who was killed and for {ʾbn} who was killed and for Mʿz who was killed and for Mlk who was killed and for Ns¹m and for ṭrts¹m(w)y
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Language and Script: Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: LP 653: s¹nt ngy gr mn- qṣr nqʾt "in the year in which Gr escaped from Qsr Nqʾt" for s¹nt lgy[n] grmnqṣ b- nqʾt "the year the {legions} of Grmnqṣ were at Nqʾt"; w ʿl- ṭr {h-} s¹mwy "and for Ṭr {has¹-}S¹amāwīy" for w ʿl- ṭrts¹m(w)y w wgm ʿl- glḥn qtl w ʿl- ʾbn qtl w ʿl- mʿz qtl w ʿl- mlk qtl w ʿl- ns¹m w ʿl- ṭrhs¹mwy Macdonald 1995: 287-288 and n. 18: snt lgy[n] grmnqṣ b- nqʾt "the year the troops of Germanicus were at Nqʾt"
Commentary: The copy has w wg ʿl- and which Littmann read as w wgm ʿl-, even though there is not m. It seems more likely that the author's intention was w wgʿʿl- and that either he or the copyist omitted it by mistake.

[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.
[MHED] Macdonald, M.C.A. Herodian Echoes in the Syrian Desert. Pages 285-290 in S. Bourke & J.-P. Descoeudres (eds), Trade, Contact, and the Movement of Peoples in the Eastern Mediterranean. Studies in Honour of J. Basil Hennessy. (Mediterranean Archaeology. Supplement, 3). Sydney: Mediterranean Archaeology, 1995.

Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA

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