LP 403

Siglum
LP 403
Alternative Sigla
Is.Mu 171
Transliteration
l ġṯ bn ġṯ bn mṭr bn ʾnʿm w dmy l- -h dd -h ʿm w h lt nqʾt l- ḏ ʿwr h- ḫṭṭ
OCIANA
Translation
By Ġṯ son of Ġṯ son of Mṭr son of ʾnʿm and his paternal uncle drew a picture for him and O Lt [inflict] ejection from the grave on whoever scratches out the carving
OCIANA
Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
LP 403: w dmy l- -h dd -h "And there appeared to him [in a vision] his uncle ʿAmm" for "and his paternal uncle drew a picture for him"; nqʾt "ejection" for "ejection from the grave" Macdonald 1990: 27 n. 5: w dmy l- -h dd -h "and his paternal uncle drew a picture for him
Commentary
This inscription is by a first cousin of the author of LP 325 and the same man, ʿm, the father of the author of LP 325 and the paternal uncle of the author of LP 403, drew both pictures. On dmy l- -h see Macdonald, Al Muʾazzin & Nehmé 1996: 470. Note that the stone bearing LP 325 was found a few metres away from this stone and is by a first cousin of the author of LP 403. For the interpretation of the word nqʾt see Al-Jallad 2015: 335. On the drawing see Macdonald 2012: 271, n. 60, fig. 5a.

Associated Signs
Cartouche
Associated Drawings
A drawing of a singing-dancing girl, see Macdonald 2012: 271, n. 60, fig. 5a
Associated Inscriptions
LP 404 (=Is.Mu 172)

  • 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.
  • Macdonald, M.C.A. Camel hunting or camel raiding?. Arabian archaeology and epigraphy 1, 1990: 24-28.
  • Macdonald M.C.A. Goddesses, dancing girls or cheerleaders? Perceptions of the divine and the female form in the rock art of pre-Islamic North Arabia. Pages 261–297 in I. Sachet et Ch. J. Robin (eds), Dieux et déesses d'Arabie images et représentations. Actes de la table ronde tenue au Collège de France (Paris) les Ier et 2 octobre 2007. (Orient & Méditerranée, 7). Paris : De Boccard, 2012.
  • [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
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Curse, Deity, Drawing of entertainment, Genealogy, Relatives
Old OCIANA ID
#0008987
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OCIANA,. 'LP 403.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/2607. Accessed: 07 Oct, 2025.