LP 258

Siglum: LP 258
Alternative Sigla: Mr.A 2
Transliteration: l ḫyḏt bn ḫbṯ bn s¹mk bn s¹wr bn mlk bn bdn w ḥll h- dr tbb m- ḥrn b- rʾy ḏkr f h bʿls¹my s¹lm
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Translation: By Ḫyḏt son of Ḫbṯ son of S¹mk son of S¹wr son of Mlk son of Bdn and he camped here having become lost [on his way] from Ḥrn during the rising of Aries so O Bʿls¹my [grant] security
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Language and Script: Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary: There is a stray scratch, shallower than the lines which form the letters, between the lām auctoris and the ḫ. Scratches around the b of the second bn give it the appearance of a m, but it is clearly a b. The signs for b and r are clearly distinguished in this text, with r consisting of a long straight line with a short curve at one end. For the interpretation of the verb tbb compare Classical Arabic tabba "he suffered loss" or "he became lost", here in the infinitive, compare Arabic tabab, tabāb, tabīb "being lost". On b- rʾy ḏkr see Al-Jallad 2016: 99.

Al-Jallad, A. An Ancient Arabian Zodiac. The Constellations in the Safaitic Inscriptions. Part II. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 27, 2016: 84–106.
[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.
[Mr.A] Inscriptions recorded by the Safaitic Epigraphic Survey Programme in 1995 on the right bank of the Wādī Gharz at al-Mrōshan, southern Syria, and published here.

Date Found: 1904, 1995
Current Location: In situ
Subjects: Astronomical, Camping, Deity, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Place-name, Present in a place
Old OCIANA ID: #0008842
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