LP 299

Siglum
LP 299
Alternative Sigla
Is.Mu 31
Transliteration
l nẓmʾl bn mms²y bn bʿḏrh bn ġḍḍt bn ʾnḍt bn ws²yt w ṣyr mn- rḥbt f wdʿ
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Translation
By Nẓmʾl son of Mms²y son of Bʿḏrh son of Ġḍḍt son of ʾnḍt son of Ws²yt and he returned to the watering place from rḥbt, and he became wealthy
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
LP 299: ʾnḍḫ for ʾnḍt;
Commentary
The inscription is carved on three faces of the stone. The final word is difficult to make out on the photograph, but the second letter is almost certainly a d rather than a g as copied by Littmann. The translation of wdʿ is based on comparison with Arabic wadaʿa "to become wealthy", though it could also mean "he became calm" (Hava 859).

Associated Inscriptions

  • [Hava] Hava, J.G. Al-Faraid Arabic-English Dictionary. Fifth edition. Beirut: Dār al-Mašriq, 1982.
  • [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
#0008883
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