LP 353

Siglum
LP 353
Alternative Sigla
Is.Mu 99
Transliteration
l ʿm bn ḥn bn ḥnn bn s²hyt bn s¹ny bn ks¹ṭ bn ʿbdhm {b}{n} {b}{ʿ}{r} {b}{n} s²h{r} {b}{n} {r}{ṭ}{ḫ} w ḫrṣ mlkt ʾl yhd f h{y} lt w rḍy s¹lm
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Translation
By ʿm son of Ḥn son of Ḥnn son of S²hyt son of S¹ny son of Ks¹ṭ son of ʿbdhm {son of} {Bʿr} {son of} {S²hr} {son of} {Rṭḫ} and he was on the look out for the queen of the Jewish people so, {O} Lt and Rḍy [grant] security
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
LP 353: bn mms²(y) (w) (m)(ṭ)(y) "son of {Mms²y} {and} {he made a hasty journey} for {b}{n} {b}{ʿ}{r} {b}{n} s²h{r} {b}{n} {r}{ṭ}{ḫ}; w ḫrṣ mlkt ʾl ʿhd "and he was looking out for Mlkt until this time" for w ḫrṣ mlkt ʾl ʿhd for w ḫrṣ mlkt ʾl yhd "and he was on the look out for the queen of the Jewish people"
Commentary
The part of the text between ʿbd-hm and w ḫrṣ has been tampered with: letters have been joined and lines extended to give the impression of a series of m's (however compare the shape of the genuine m's in the text). In addition, lines have been drawn across the tops and bottoms of the ṭ and ḫ of rṭḫ. The stem of the y of yhd is rather long but this is explicable by its position at the junction of two lines. Littmann did not copy the complete line and so read it as l (or h) followed by ʿ. There is a small line to one side of the stem which Littmann thought could be the side-stroke of a h.

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Associated Inscriptions
LP 354 (= Is.Mu 98) is on the same face as the first part of LP 353 (= Is.Mu 99); LP 352 (= Is.Mu 100) and Is.Mu 101 are on other faces

  • [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
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Deity, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Outside peoples, Watch (keeping)
Old OCIANA ID
#0027104
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OCIANA. 'LP 353.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/3590. Accessed: 29 Jun, 2025.