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