LP 334

Siglum: LP 334
Alternative Sigla: Is.Mu 193
Transliteration: l mrʾ bn mqtl bn mġyr w wgd ʾṯr ʿḏ f w[[]]gm ʿl- ʿḏ
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Translation: By Mrʾ son of Mqtl son of Mġyr and he found the traces of ʿḏ and so {he grieved} for ʿḏ
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Language and Script: Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: LP 334: ʾṯr ʿḏr (w) wʿl (w) (w)gm ʿl- ʿḏ "the inscriptions of ʿḏr {and} Wʿl {and} {he laid a stone on the tomb} of ʿḏ" for ʾṯr ʿḏ f w[[]]gm ʿl- ʿḏ "the traces of ʿḏ and so {he grieved} for ʿḏ"
Commentary: It seems that the author carved the w of wgm, but omitted the g m, before carving ʿl- ʿḏ. Realising his error he then lightly scratched this over, but retained the w and carved gm ʿl- ʿḏ to the left of the original ʿl- ʿḏ. The reading has been rendered more difficult by later hammering over some of the letters. The ʿḏ whose traces the author found could be ʿḏ bn ʿḏ, the author of LP 332, or ʿḏ bn ġṯ, the author of LP 333.

[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.

Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA

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