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
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

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.

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.