LP 404

Text Information

Siglum
LP 404
Alternative Sigla
Is.Mu 172
Transliteration
l ʿwḏ bn ṣʿd bn lʿṯmn f h lt s¹lm m- bʾs¹
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Translation
By ʿwḏ son of Ṣʿd son of Lʿṯmn. So, Lt may [grant] security from despair
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
LP did not copy the ḏ of the first name and so read ʿw for ʿwḏ.
Commentary
Chiselled in small neat letters down the left side of the figure and curving round below her feet. Note the difference in shape between the s¹ in s¹lm and that in bʾs¹.

Associated Inscriptions
LP 403 (= Is.Mu 171)

  • [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.
  • [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
Deity, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer
Old OCIANA ID
#0008988
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OCIANA,. 'LP 404.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/2608. Accessed: 06 Oct, 2025.