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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

LP 319

Text Information

Siglum
LP 319
Alternative Sigla
Is.M 81
Transliteration
l ʾlwhb bn ʾs¹wd bn ẓlm h- dr
Translation
ʾlwhb son of ʾs¹wd son of Ẓlm was here

Interpretation

Provenance
Al-ʿĪsāwī is the name of a probably ancient well between two headlands on the eastern side of the Wādī Shām as it runs northwards from the modern Al-Namārah dam to the Ruḥbah. The well is large, stone lined and with stone water-channels running from it. The main concentration of published inscriptions is on the top of the northern headland, but there also many inscriptions on its south-west slopes, coming down to the well and on the southern headland, on the crest of which is a stone tower.
Original Reading Credit
Ed. pr.
Original Translation Credit
Ed. pr.

Technique
Chiselled

Associated Inscriptions
LP 318 (Is.M 80) and LP 320 (=Is.M 82) on the same face
Site
Al-ʿĪsāwī, Rif Dimašq Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1904–1905; 1996–2003
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0026848
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