LP 328

Text Information

Siglum
LP 328
Alternative Sigla
Is.Mu 140
Transliteration
l ḥbb bn s²mt w wgd s¹fr ḥbb f ngʿ
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Translation
By Ḥbb son of S²mt and he found the inscription of a friend and he grieved in pain
OCIANA
Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
LP 328: w wgd s¹fr ḥbb f ngʿ "and he found the inscription of Ḥbb [Or: of a friend] and longed [for him]"
Commentary
If the author of the inscription which was found was indeed called ḥbb, it would be a remarkable coincidence that the finder also bore this name. There is even the possibility that the inscription found was also by the author of the present text.

Associated Inscriptions
LP 329 (second face)

  • [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, 1996–2002
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Finding inscription(s), Genealogy, Grieving
Old OCIANA ID
#0008912
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA

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OCIANA. 'LP 328.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/2597. Accessed: 05 Jul, 2025.