HFSL 1

Siglum
HFSL 1
Transliteration
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
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
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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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