LP 331
Text Information
- Siglum
- LP 331
- Alternative Sigla
- Is.Mu 145
- Transliteration
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l ʾḥlm bn khl bn ġṯ s¹nt rʿy h- ḍʾn f h lt s¹lm
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- Translation
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By ʾḥlm son of Khl son of Ġṯ. In the year he pastured the sheep and so O Lt [grant] security
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- Language and Script
- Safaitic
Interpretation
- Commentary
- It is odd to date an inscription by "the year he pastured the sheep", but maybe this was an unusual activity for the author.
- Associated Inscriptions
- [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
- Date (s¹nt), Deity, Domestic animals, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Pasturing
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0008915
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Updated
16 Sep, 2024
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Cite this Site
OCIANA. 'LP 331.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/2600. Accessed: 05 Jul, 2025.