LP 306

Siglum
LP 306
Alternative Sigla
Is.Mu 60
Transliteration
l bnʾlh bn ʾḥlm bn ʾġrr w ṯql ʿl- [[]] ʾḫ -h w ʿl- ʾb -h w ʿl- dd -h w qnṭ h- s²nʾ f h lt [[]] {w} gdʿwḏ wqyt w wgd ʾṯr ʾs²yʿ -h f ngʿ
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Translation
By Bnʾlh son of ʾḥlm son of ʾġrr and he was heavy-hearted on account of his brother and of his father and of his paternal uncle and he was afraid of the enemy and so O Lt {and} Gd-ʿwḏ [grant] protection; and he found the inscriptions of his companions and he was sad.
OCIANA
Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
LP 306: ʾzkr for ʾġrr; [ʾ]b -h for ʾb -h; w gdʿwḏ for [[]] {w} gdʿwḏ
Commentary
The second letter of the third name is clearly ġ and though the next looks at first like a k it has a hook at the bottom of the stem making it a r. The name ʾġrr is unattested but compare. Arabic aġarr “of a bright complexion”. The author erased a letter between ʿl- and ʾḫ. Between lt and gdʿwḏ he wrote w twice and seems to have tried to erase both. We follow Littmann's interpretation of the words ṯql and qnṭ.

Editio Princeps
OCIANA

Special Letter Forms
f only 3 strokes he wrote the first one with 4 and then erased the fourth; w always has at least one projecting line sometimes 2
Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Curving

Associated Inscriptions
Mu 61 (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
Deity, Finding inscription(s), Genealogy, Grieving, Isolated Prayer, Relatives
Old OCIANA ID
#0027064
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA

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OCIANA. 'LP 306.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/3551. Accessed: 08 Jul, 2025.