LP 374

Siglum
LP 374
Alternative Sigla
Is.M 143
Transliteration
l ḫlf bn bʿr bn zbdʾl bn s²mt w dṯʾ h- ʿrḍ f h lt s¹lm m- bʾs¹ w m- h- s¹nt
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Translation
By Ḫlf son of Bʿr son of Zbdʾl son of S²mt and he spent the season of the later rains in this valley and so O Lt [grant] security from misfortune and from the drought
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
LP 374: mn ḥlt “from cunning” for m- h- s²nt “from the drought”
Commentary
See the commentary to LP 373 (= Is.M 142). When the stone was rediscovered by the SESP, the final phrase was seen to read m- h- s¹nt on the original and this would presumably mean “from the drought” (cf. Lane 1448a-b, 1449c).

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Boustrophedon

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.
  • [Lane] Lane, E.W. An Arabic-English Lexicon, Derived from the Best and Most Copious Eastern Sources. (Volume 1 in 8 parts [all published]). London: Williams & Norgate, 1863-1893.
  • [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, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Season, Topographic features, Weather
Old OCIANA ID
#0026913
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA

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OCIANA. 'LP 374.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/3410. Accessed: 30 Jun, 2025.