LP 317

Text Information

Siglum
LP 317
Alternative Sigla
Is.M 92
Transliteration
l ḥr bn qnʾl bn qḥs² bn ḥḍg h- nqt qṣyt l- nh{y}
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Translation
By Ḥr son of Qnʾl son of Qḥs² son of Ḥḍg is the she-camel dedicated to {Nhy}
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
LP 317 h.nqt qṣyt l- nhl "This she-camel [that can endure to be] far away from the watering place" for h-nqt qṣyt l-nh{y "the she-camel dedicated to {Nhy}"
Commentary
The last four letters are more lightly scratched than the rest, but although there is an abrasion over one end of the final letter which Littmann read as l, part of the loop of the y can be seen on the photograph. The translation of h-nqt qṣyt l-nh{y} is from Al-Jallad 2015: 139.

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Curving edge

Associated Signs
A sign made up of 5 wavy lines is on a face immediately adjacent to the beginning of the text
Associated Drawings
A drawing of a she-camel.
Associated Remains
None
Associated Inscriptions
LP 316 (= Is.M 93) (on the same face); Is.M 94 (on an adjacent face)

  • Al-Jallad, A. An Outline of the Grammar of the Safaitic Inscriptions. (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics, 80). Leiden: Brill, 2015.
  • [Is.M] Inscriptions recorded at al-ʿĪsāwī by Michael Macdonald, on the Safaitic Epigraphic Survey Programme, 1995–2003, 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.
Site
Al-ʿĪsāwī, Rif Dimašq Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1904–1905; 1996–2003
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Deity, Domestic animals, Genealogy, Religion
Old OCIANA ID
#0026860
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA