LP 345

Text Information

Siglum
LP 345
Alternative Sigla
Is.Mu 35
Transliteration
l tm bn ʿwṭ
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Translation
By Tm son of ʿwṭ
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
LP 345: ʿ(b)ṭ for ʿwṭ
Commentary
Area H. The inscription is chiselled between the third and fourth lines of LP 344 (Is.Mu 34). Note that the form of the t is similar to that of LP 344 (= Is.Mu 34), that is with an extra line hanging from one of the cross bars.

Editio Princeps
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Special Letter Forms
T with a side-stroke on the end of one prong; m rectangular; ṭ without cross-stroke
Technique
Chiselled
Direction of Script
L-R/R-L

Associated Inscriptions
LP 344 (= Is.Mu 34)

  • [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, 1996
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0027037
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA