LP 338
Text Information
- Siglum
- LP 338
- Alternative Sigla
- Is.M 126
- Transliteration
-
l lbn bn mlk bn whblh bn mrʾlh w wgm ʿl- ʾb -h
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- Translation
-
By Lbn son of Mlk son of Whblh son of Mrʾlh and he grieved for his father
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- Language and Script
- Safaitic
Interpretation
- Apparatus Criticus
- LP 338: mr[ʾ]lh for mrʾlh
- Commentary
- Incised with a relatively broad point. The last two letters are rough and carelsss and have noticeably different forms from the other examples of these letters in the text. Littmann omitted the ʾ of mrʾlh from his copy and “restored” it in his reading.
- Editio Princeps
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- Technique
- Incised
- Direction of Script
- Curving
- Associated Signs
- Cartouche, 7 lines and 7 dots
- Associated Remains
- None
- Associated Inscriptions
- [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
- Genealogy, Grieving, Relatives
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0026896
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Updated
16 Sep, 2024
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