LP 379

Text Information

Siglum
LP 379
Alternative Sigla
Is.M 138
Transliteration
l ʿmrt bn rbʾl bn ʾnʿm bn ʾs¹ w ḥll h- dr bql
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Translation
By ʿmrt son of Rbʾl son of ʾnʿm son of ʾs¹ and he camped here [amongst] spring herbage
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
LP 379: (r)(b)ʾl for rbʾl
Commentary
Littmann miscopied the first two letters of the second name as b-r whereas they are clearly r-b on the stone.

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Curving

Associated Remains
None
Associated Inscriptions
LP 377–378 = Is.M 136-137); LP 380 (= Is.M 139) on the same face

  • [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
Camping, Genealogy, Plants
Old OCIANA ID
#0026908
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA