LP 293

Text Information

Siglum
LP 293
Alternative Sigla
Is.Mu 20
Transliteration
l ḥnn bn s¹r bn ʾẓml w h rḍy s¹lm
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Translation
By Ḥnn son of S¹r son of ʾẓml and so O Rḍy [grant] security
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
LP: corrects ʾẓml to ʾẓlm.
Commentary
The inscription is in the centre of the face. The genealogy is incised deeply but the prayer is scratched in tiny faint letters between the two lines of the genealogy.

Associated Inscriptions
LP 289–292; 294–297

  • [Is.Mu] Inscriptions recorded at al-ʿĪsāwī by Muna Al-Muʾazzin, on the Safaitic Epigraphic Survey Programme, 1995–2002, and published here.
  • [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.
Site
Al-ʿĪsāwī, Rif Dimašq Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1904–1905, 1996
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0008877
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA