LP 326

Siglum
LP 326
Alternative Sigla
MISS p. 473, Is.M 113
Transliteration
l ms¹k bn ʾbrqn b[n] {m}{s¹}k w rʿy h- ḍʾn s¹nt s¹rt mlk b- h- ʿrḍ f h lt s¹lm
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Translation
By Ms¹k son of ʾbrqn son of {Ms¹k} and he pastured the sheep the year Mlk served in the great army and so O Lt [grant] security
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
LP 326: s¹nt s¹r (h-) mlk - h- ʿrḍ "the year {the} king travelled in this valley [?]" for s¹nt s¹rt mlk b- h- ʿrḍ "the year Mlk served in the [great] army."
Commentary
The inscription was carved after the the drawing and LP 325, which it carefully avoids. The s¹ of the third name is attached to the y of yʿwr in LP 325 and the letter(s?) before it is/are damaged by abrasions. The word after s¹nt is clearly s¹rt (on both the original and Littmann's copy) and LP's reading s¹r h- mlk is therefore impossible. For our interpretation see MISS p. 468. The last three letters are lightly scratched. For the verb s¹rt "to serve in a military unit" see Macdonald 2014: 59–160, and n. 78. For ʿrḍ compare Arabic arḍ/irḍ an "army" or a "great army" (Lane 2007a, 2008a).

Associated Inscriptions

  • [Is.M] Inscriptions recorded at al-ʿĪsāwī by Michael Macdonald, on the Safaitic Epigraphic Survey Programme, 1995–2003, and published here.
  • [Lane] Lane, E.W. An Arabic-English Lexicon, Derived from the Best and Most Copious Eastern Sources. (Volume 1 in 8 parts [all published]). London: Williams & Norgate, 1863-1893.
  • [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.
  • Macdonald, M.C.A. ‘Romans Go Home’? Rome and other ‘Outsiders’ as viewed from the Syro-Arabian Desert. Pages 145-163 in J.H.E. Dijkstra & G. Fisher (eds), Inside and Out. Interactions between Rome and the Peoples on the Arabian and Egyptian Frontiers in Late Antiquity. (Late Antique History and Religion, 8). Louvain: Peeters, 2014.
  • [MISS] Macdonald, M.C.A., Al Muʾazzin, M. & Nehmé, L. Les inscriptions safaïtiques de Syrie, cent quarante ans après leur découverte. Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions & Belles-Lettres 1996: 435-494.
Site
Al-ʿĪsāwī, Rif Dimašq Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1904–1905; 1996–2003
Current Location
Al-Suweidah Museum (Registration no. unknown)
Subjects
Date (s¹nt), Deity, Domestic animals, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Military, Pasturing
Old OCIANA ID
#0008910
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OCIANA,. 'LP 326.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/2595. Accessed: 11 Jan, 2026.