LP 308

Text Information

Siglum
LP 308
Alternative Sigla
Is.Mu 56
Transliteration
l ns²l bn mqm bn ḥml bn ns²bt w wgm ʿl- mqm w ʿl- ʿqrb w ʿl- s¹ḫr w ʿl- tmʾl w ʿl- mqm w ʿl- ḥml w h lt ʿwr ḏ yʿwr h- s¹{f}r
OCIANA
Translation
By Ns²ʾl son of Mqm son of Ḥmʾl son of Nbs²t and he grieved for ʿqrb and for S¹ḫr and for Ṭmʾl and for Mqm and for Ḥml and O Lt blind whoever scratches out the {inscription}
OCIANA
Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
The f of the last word is just visible under a patch of abrasion. The drawing is placed after the last word not between its letters as stated by Littmann. What he took as the r of s¹fr is in fact the claws of the scorpion.

Editio Princeps
OCIANA

Technique
Chiselled
Direction of Script
Curving

Associated Signs
7 lines
Associated Inscriptions
LP 309–310 (on the same face)

  • [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
1996–2002
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Curse, Deity, Genealogy, Grieving
Old OCIANA ID
#0027060
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA

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OCIANA. 'LP 308.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/3548. Accessed: 08 Jul, 2025.