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LP 314

Siglum
LP 314
Alternative Sigla
Is.M 86
Transliteration
l ms¹k bn ʾnʿm bn qdm w wgʿ ʿl- mġny w ʿl- ʾnʿm w ʿl- s¹ʿd
Translation
By Ms¹k son of ʾnʿm son of Qdm and he was sorrowful on account of Mġny and of ʾnʿm and of S¹ʿd

Interpretation

Provenance
Area H. 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
Scratched

Associated Signs
6 parallel lines with one crossing to the right of ʿl- mġny; and 4 parallel lines with one crossing to the right of ʿl- ʾnʿm
Associated Remains
None
Associated Inscriptions
M 87 (on the same face); M 88 (on an adjacent face) and M 89-91 (on another)

  • 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.
  • Inscriptions recorded at al-ʿĪsāwī by Michael Macdonald, on the Safaitic Epigraphic Survey Programme, 1995–2003, and published here.
Site
Al-ʿĪsāwī, Rif Dimašq Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1996–2003
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Genealogy, Grieving
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0026854
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