LP 393

Siglum: LP 393
Alternative Sigla: Is.Mu 227
Transliteration: l ḥrb bn ʿly bn ḫbṯ bn s¹m{k} bn s¹wr bn mlk bn bdn w h rḍy ġnmt h- s¹nt w m<<>>{r}{b} ----
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Translation: By Ḥrb son of ʿly son of Ḫbṯ son of {S¹mk} son of S¹wr son of Mlk son of Bdn and O Rḍy [grant] booty this year and m<<>>{r}{b} ----
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Language and Script: Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: LP 393: [l-] -h s¹nt wm ʿlb "to him in the year in which he directed his steps towards a hard and barren ground (?)" for h- s¹nt w m<<>>{r}{b} ---- "this year and m<<>>{r}{b}-----"
Commentary: The last 8 letters are on an adjacent face of the stone. The last four are less carefully carved than the rest of the text and it is difficult to make sense of them in this context. There are two short lines immediately after the last m which are much thicker than the letters of text and seem to be extraneous. Note that there is another inscription (Is.Mu 230) on the same face as the end of LP 393 (Is.M. 227).

Associated Signs: There is lightly scratched cartouche around LP 392–393 (= Is.Mu 227–228)
Associated Inscriptions: LP 392 (= Is.Mu 228) and the beginning of LP 393 (= Is.Mu 227) on face A; the end of LP 393 (= Is.Mu 227) and Is.Mu 230 on face B; Is.Mu 229 on face C

[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.

Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA