LP 180

Siglum: LP 180
Transliteration: l ms¹k bn ẓnnʾl bn nr bn yʿmr w trwḥ l- ys²rq l- mdbr f h lt mʿdt w s¹lm m- s²nʾ
Translation: By Ms¹k son of Ẓnnʾl son of Nr son of Yʿmr and he will set off at night in order to travel towards the inner desert, so O Lt, let there be bounty, that he may be secure from adversity.

Interpretation

Commentary: l ms¹k bn ẓnnʾl bn nr bn yʿmr w trwḥ l- ys²rq l- mdbr f h lt mgdt w s¹lm m- s²nʾ [SD]

Provenance: Al-Mrōshan consists of four long, low mounds, running roughly east-west in a flat area where the Wādī al-Gharz spreads out. These mounds create a series of "gorges" perhaps 3 m high in the Wādī which is otherwise very flat and at this point hardly distinguishable from the surrounding area, the "Wādī-bed" consisting of several channels approximately 30–80 cm deep and 4–10 m wide. The southerly three mounds are covered with graves and enclosures. Much of the rock is not suitable for inscribing. It was visited in 1995 by the Safaitic Epigraphic Survey Programme and all the published texts it rediscovered came from the most northerly of the southern three mounds, and most were concentrated at its eastern end.

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.