LP 408

Text Information

Siglum
LP 408
Alternative Sigla
Is.Mu 90
Transliteration
l ḥr bn wrd bn ḥr w wgd ʾṯr ʾs²yʿ -h f n{g}[ʿ]
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Translation
By Ḥr son of Wrd son of Ḥr and he found traces of his companions and {he grieved in pain}
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
LP 408: ḥb for ḥr
Commentary
Although b and r are not distinguished in this text comparison of the genealogy with that in LP 407 suggests that the first and third names should be read ḥr.

Editio Princeps
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Special Letter Forms
b and r not distinguished
Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Curving

Associated Inscriptions
Beginning of Mu 88 and 89 (on the same face); 91 (on an adjacent 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
1904–1905; 1996–2002
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0027095
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA

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OCIANA,. 'LP 408.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/3581. Accessed: 13 Aug, 2025.