HFSL 1
Text Information
- Siglum
- HFSL 1
- Transliteration
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l mqm bn {g}----{w} ḏ- ʾl gḥr [w] [t]s²wq ʾl- ʾḫt -h f h lt s¹lm w qbll ʿgn w ḫm---- {h}----w ʾʿḏh bn ʾlhf
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- Translation
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By Mqm son of {G}-----{w} of the lineage of Gḥr and he longed for his sister and so O Lt [grant] security and [show] benevolence ʿgn w ḫm---- {h}----w ʾʿḏh bn ʾlhf
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- Language and Script
- Safaitic
Interpretation
- Apparatus Criticus
- HFSL 1: l mqm bn g---- ḏ- ʾl gḥr {w} {t}s²wq ʾl- ʾḫt -h f hlt s¹lm w qbll ʿgn wḫm----h---- w ʾʿḏh bnʾlhf. Poss. trans. w qbl l- ʿgl (or ʿgn) - and he drew near to ʿgl (or ʿgn); w ʾʿḏ hbn (or s¹bn) ʾl hf - And Hbn or Sbn was commended to the protection of god because of starvation MNH p. 336: on Graf's views on the significance of the provenance of the inscription.
- Commentary
- It is possible that the damage before the letter {h} hides the beginning of another inscription which include the following letters.
- Editio Princeps
- OCIANA
- Technique
- Chiselled
- Direction of Script
- Curving/coil
- Associated Inscriptions
- [HFSL] Harding, G.L. Further Safaitic Texts from Lebanon. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 20, 1975: 99-102, pls 35-36.
- Site
- Qubūr al-Aʿǧām, Lebanon
- Date Found
- 1970
- Current Location
- Uncertain
- Subject
- Genealogy
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0026012
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16 Sep, 2024
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