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Musée du Louvre AO 4986.1

Text Information

Siglum
Musée du Louvre AO 4986.1
Alternative Sigla
de Vogüé 404.1; Milik 1978: 53, no. 48; Milik 1980: 78, no. 54
Transliteration
l ks¹ṭ bn ʿms¹ bn ḥn bn ḥnn bn s²hyt w wlh ʿl- bn -h zʾm w bny l- bn -h h- nfs¹
Translation
By Ks¹ṭ son of ʿms¹ son of Ḥn son of Ḥnn son of S²hyt and he was distraught with grief for his son who had perished and he built for his son this funerary monument

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
Milik 1978 p. 53 and 1980 p. 78: trans. from w wlh: "and he was submerged in painful mourning for his son who had met a violent death; and he built the tomb for his son."

Provenance
Jabal Druze to the east
Original Reading Credit
Ed. pr.
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Scratched

Associated Inscriptions
Site
Unknown, Al-Suwaydāʾ (al-Sweidah) or Rif Dimašq Governorates, Syria
Date Found
1861/1862
Current Location
Musée du Louvre AO (4986)
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0026204
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