LP 373

Siglum
LP 373
Alternative Sigla
Is.M 142
Transliteration
l bʿr bn s²mt bn bʿr bn gdy
OCIANA
Translation
By Bʿr son of S²mt son of Bʿr son of Gdy
OCIANA
Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
By a son of the author of LP 359 (= Is.M 141). Note that in LP, LP 373 and 374 (= Is.M 142 and 143) have been separated from LP 358 and 359 (= Is.M 140 and 141) even though they are on the same stone. LP 359 begins on the ridge between two faces and runs onto the face bearing LP 374 (=Is.M 143) and the end of LP 359 (= Is.M 141). The second half of LP 359 has been damaged by abrasions but is still legible. Note that the abrasion which runs across the g gives it the appearance of a ṯ on the photograph but its original shape is still clearly discernible on the stone.

Editio Princeps
Ed. pr.

Special Letter Forms
r has only one hook (as in M 141 but not 143)
Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Curving

Associated Remains
None
Associated Inscriptions
LP 358 (= Is.M 140) on another face; LP 359 (= Is.M 141) begins on another face and ends of the same face as the end of LP 373 (= Is.M 142); LP 374 (= Is.M 143) is on the face on which LP 373 (= Is.M 142) ends; Is.Mu 87 (not recorded by Littmann) is on another 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
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0026912
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA

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OCIANA. 'LP 373.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/3409. Accessed: 01 Jul, 2025.