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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

LP 712

Siglum
LP 712
Transliteration
l tʾm bn s¹ʿd bn ḏ(r) w wrd b- rʾy ḏl [l-] (y)s²rb
Translation
By Tʾm son of S¹ʿd son of Ḏr and he went to water during the rising of Pisces [in order to] drink

Interpretation

Commentary
For the Translation see Al-Jallad 2014: 222

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.
  • Al-Jallad, A.M. An ancient Arabian zodiac. The constellations in the Safaitic inscriptions, Part I. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 25, 2014: 214-230.
Site
Ṣanāyim al-Ġarz, Rif Dimašq Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1904–1905
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0009296
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