LP 1198

Siglum: LP 1198
Transliteration: l mʿn bn ġlmt bn ḫl bn ḥny bn ms¹(k) w ts¹ll f h lt s¹(l)m w w s¹nt [t]tṣ f h(y) lt w s²ʿhqm w h (g)(d)ʿwḏ fṣ(y)(t) m- mt kʾn w nqʾt l- ḏ yʿwr h- s¹fr
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Translation: For Mʿn son of Ġlmt son of H̱l son of Ḥny son of {Ms¹k} and there was commotion (in the land) and so O Lt, {may he be secure} ww the year of {Titus}; so, {O} Lt and S²ʿhqm and O {Gdʿwḏ}, let there be deliverance from death should it come to be and may he who would efface this writing be thrown out of the grave
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Language and Script: Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: LP 1198: w ws¹n (s¹)(n)t XXIV "and he slept quietly in the year 24" for w w s¹nt [t]tṣ "ww the year of {Titus}"
Commentary: Littmann took the letters s¹ n as both part of the verb ws¹n and as the first two letters of s¹nt, and this together with his interpretation of t ṣ as the numbers 4 and 20 produce a very unconvincing reading. It is not clear to us what the w w signify and to produce our reading s¹nt ttṣ one would have to assume the assimilation of the t of s¹nt to the first t for ttṣ. The other problem is that elsewhere Titus is spelt with s¹.

[LP] 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.

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