LP 422

Siglum
LP 422
Alternative Sigla
Is.Mu 52
Transliteration
l bny bn whbʾl w wgm ʿl- ṣʿm f rwḥ h lh l- -h w s¹lm l- whbʾl
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Translation
By Bny son of Whbʾl and he grieved for Ṣʿm and so [grant] relief for him O Lh and security for Whbʾl
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
LP 422: w wgm ʿl whbʾl for w wgm ʿl ṣʿm f rwḥ h lh l- -h w s¹lm l- whbʾl
Commentary
The text runs along the edge of the face and then curves back on itself. Littmann did not record the central part of the text. He also read ʿl whbʾl for l- whbʾl although there is no ʿ on his copy. The Whbʾl prayed for at the end of the text was presumably the author's father.

Editio Princeps
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Name Distinguished
Larger-normal/normal
Technique
Scratched
Direction of Script
Curving

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.
  • [MISS] Macdonald, M.C.A., Al Muʾazzin, M. & Nehmé, L. Les inscriptions safaïtiques de Syrie, cent quarante ans après leur découverte. Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions & Belles-Lettres 1996: 435-494.
Site
Al-ʿĪsāwī, Rif Dimašq Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1904–1905
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Deity, Genealogy, Grieving, Isolated Prayer
Old OCIANA ID
#0027055
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA