LP 412

Siglum
LP 412
Alternative Sigla
Is.Mu 112, LP 1038
Transliteration
l k{m}{d} {b}{n} ġṯ bn {ʿ}bd bn ġṯ w wgd ḫṭṭ ʾḫ -h f ẓll ʾṣḫ ʿl- ʾḫ -h f h lt s¹lm l- ḏ s²rd
OCIANA
Translation
By {Kml} {son of} Ġṯ son of ʿbd son of Ġṯ and he found the inscription of his brother and so he remained crying out in grief over his brother and so O Lt [grant] security to him who has fled
OCIANA
Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
LP: f ẓll ʾḫt ʿl-ʾḫ-h "and he made a sister give shelter to her brother".
Commentary
The inscription was copied by both Littmann (LP 412) and by "servants of the Princeton University Archaeological Expedition" (Littmann 1943: iii). The text starts on the right edge of the face and curves round the centre and then back to beside the beginning. The third–sixth letters are damaged by a chip. However, enough of the fourth letter survives for it to be clear that the first name is kmd. The verb ẓll means "he remained" (usually after someone has died) and ʾṣḫ ʿl- means to "cry out (in grief) over [someone]", cf. ʾṣḫ ʿl-ḍll "he cried out in grief over those who were lost" in LP 409. see Al-Jallad & Jaworska 2019, under ʾṣḫ. It seems likely that 'him who has fled" at the end refers to the brother whose inscription the author found.

Associated Drawings
Small outline of an equid

  • [SafDict] Al-Jallad, A. & Jaworska, K. A Dictionary of the Safaitic Inscriptions. Leiden: Brill, 2019
  • [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
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Deity, Finding inscription(s), Genealogy, Grieving, Isolated Prayer, Relatives
Old OCIANA ID
#0008996
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA

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OCIANA. 'LP 412.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/2611. Accessed: 28 Jun, 2025.