LP 701

Siglum: LP 701
Transliteration: l mlk bn ḫrg bn mlk bn s¹ḫ[r] ḏ- ʾl hḏr w ṣyr b- h- ʾbl s¹nt ḫd(r)t h- ḍḥ w ts²wq l- ṣyd ʾḫ -h f h lt s¹lm w qbl[l]
Translation: By Mlk son of Ḫrg son of Mlk son of S¹ḫr of the lineage of Hḏr. And he journeyed with the camels in the year in which the heat of the sun was intense(?). And he longed for Ṣyd, his brother. So, O lt [grant] security and a reunion of loved ones!

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: LP: The restoration of the [r] in s¹ḫr is on the basis of C LP: "The word after s¹nt is written ḫḍyt; but I can find no suitable meaning for this word. and I propose therefore, to read ḫḍrt which means "was intense", a good statement for the following ḍiḥḥ ‘heat of the sun’.This emedation, however, is only a hypothesis." LP: ignores the final letter of the text and reads qr "coolness", but b and r are clearly distinguished in this text.
Commentary: LP's reading requires too many emendations in a copy which appears quite clear. However, we are unable to suggest a more satisfactory alternative.

Provenance: Unfortunately, the Safaitic Epigraphic Survey Programme was unable to locate Ṣanāyim al-Gharz and it does not appear in Geonames

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.