Is.M 42

Text Information

Siglum
Is.M 42
Transliteration
l grmʾl bn bhm bn ʾlwhb bn ʾs¹wd
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Translation
By Grmʾl son of Bhm son of ʾlwhb son of ʾs¹wd
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
The first two names are chiselled and the last two lightly incised. The identification of this text with LP 936 and 937 cannot be completely certain given the crudeness of the copies made by Littmann's companions. But the fact that LP 936 and 937 contain the genealogies in the two halves of M 42 suggests that it is very probable. On the other hand the copies of LP 936 and 937 do not read boustrophedon at least in the form in which they are published.

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Name Distinguished
Chiselled/incised
Technique
Chiselled & incised
Direction of Script
Boustrophedon (T. to. B.)

Associated Remains
None
Site
Al-ʿĪsāwī, Rif Dimašq Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1996–2003
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0026810
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA