LP 330

Siglum
LP 330
Alternative Sigla
Is.Mu 144
Transliteration
l qdm bn ʾnʿm bn mġny bn mġny w qyẓ ʿl- h- nmrt w qnṭ h- s²nʾ f h lt s¹lm
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Translation
By Qdm son of ʾnʿm son of Mġny son of Mġny and he spent the dry season near Al-Namārah and he feared the enemy, so, O Lt, [grant] security
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
LP 330: ʿl- h- nmrt "in front of han-Namārat" for "near Al-Namārah"
Commentary
The usual expression is w qyẓ + place name or topographic feature, and it is not entirely clear what qyẓ ʿl- implies. Al-ʿĪsāwī where this inscription was found is about 3.3 km north of the basin of Al-Namārah and about 1 km north-east of the modern barrage at the north-eastern end of the (ancient) lake at Ishbikkat al-Namārah. For this reason we have translated ʿl- as "near". Al-Jallad (2015: 148–149) translates "on the edge of Namārah".

Associated Inscriptions

  • Al-Jallad, A. An Outline of the Grammar of the Safaitic Inscriptions. (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics, 80). Leiden: Brill, 2015.
  • [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, 1996–2003
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Deity, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Place-name, Season
Old OCIANA ID
#0008914
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA

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OCIANA. 'LP 330.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/2599. Accessed: 05 Jul, 2025.