LP 288

Siglum
LP 288
Alternative Sigla
Is.Mu 29
Transliteration
l s²ʿ bn ḥg bn mlk bn frq bn s¹lm s¹nt gs²m w ḥnʾl
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Translation
By S²ʿ son of Ḥg son of Mlk son of Frq son of S¹lm the year of Gs²m and Ḥnʾl
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
LP 288: s¹nt gs² m- wḥl “he walked the whole night in the mire” for gs²m w ḥnʾl G. Ryckmans in the Addenda to LP, p. 348: s¹nt gs²m w ḥnʾl on the basis of Dunand 1330a [= C 269] and Littmann notes that the letters ʾl at the end are present in another copy.
Commentary
See C 269 for s¹nt gs²m w ḥnʾl and compare s¹nt ḥrb gs²m ʾl ṯmd in WH 3782.1 and s¹nt ġs²m ṯmd in WH 3729.3.

Editio Princeps
LP 288 and p. 348

Name Distinguished
Larger-normal/normal
Special Letter Forms
m of s¹lm faces backwards uinlike the other two
Technique
Scratched
Direction of Script
Coil (edge)

  • [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
Subjects
Date (s¹nt), Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0027031
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA