LP 285

Siglum
LP 285
Alternative Sigla
Is.Mu 12, LP 1096
Transliteration
l ʾws¹ʾl bn s¹ly bn wdm
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Translation
By ʾws¹ʾl son of S¹ly son of Wdm
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
LP 285: s¹ny for s¹ly ; LP 1096: ṣ(ḥ)ly for ṣly; glm for wdm
Commentary
LP 285 (= LP 1096) and LP 286 (= LP 1095) are on the same face of the same rock. LP 1095–1096 were copied by "servants of the Princeton University Archaeological Expedition" (see LP p. iii) and Littmann did not recognize the identity of these two copies with LP 285 and 286, which he himself had copied. His emendation of the second name in LP 1096, was forced by the fact that the copyist had assigned the t of ʾʿtr in LP 1095 (= LP 286) to this text, an understandable error given its position. Since *s¹tly seemed an unlikely name Littmann read it as ṣ(ḥ)ly.

Editio Princeps
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Special Letter Forms
d with very thin loop
Technique
Chiselled
Direction of Script
L-R/R-L

Associated Inscriptions

  • [Is.Mu] Inscriptions recorded at al-ʿĪsāwī by Muna Al-Muʾazzin, on the Safaitic Epigraphic Survey Programme, 1995–2002, 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
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0027013
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OCIANA. 'LP 285.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/3510. Accessed: 05 Jun, 2025.