LP 243

Siglum: LP 243
Transliteration: l ʿḏ bn ġṯ bn ʿḏ bn ʿḏ bn ġṯ bn wdm bn s¹[r] bn ṣbḥ w b(k)y w wgm ʿl- ʾb -h qtl f hy lh ṯʾr w ts²wq ʾl- dd -h w ʾs²yʿ -h kll -hm w ʿ(w)r l- ḏ yʿwr
Translation: By ʿḏ son of Ġṯ son of ʿḏ son of ʿḏ son of Ġṯ son of Wdm son of {S¹r} son of Ṣbḥ and Bky and he {wept} and grieved for his father, who was murdered, so, O Lh, he will have vengeance; and he longed for his paternal uncle and all of his companions; and may he who would {efface} go blind

Interpretation

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.