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Is.Mu 382

Text Information

Siglum
Is.Mu 382
Transliteration
l ʿbn bn s²d bn ʿrm bn ḫl bn ḥwq bn lʿṯmn w wgd ʾṯr ʾs²yʿ -h f ndm w q{n}ṭ h- s²nʾ f h lt s¹lm
Translation
By ʿbn son of S²d son of ʿrm son of Ḫl son of Ḥwq son of Lʿṯmn and he found the traces of his companions and he grieved and he was {afraid} of the enemy and so O Lt [grant] security

Interpretation

Provenance
Al-ʿĪsāwī is the name of a probably ancient well between two headlands on the eastern side of the Wādī Shām as it runs northwards from the modern Al-Namārah dam to the Ruḥbah. The well is large, stone lined and with stone water-channels running from it. The main concentration of published inscriptions is on the top of the northern headland, but there also many inscriptions on its south-west slopes, coming down to the well and on the southern headland, on the crest of which is a stone tower.
Site
Al-ʿĪsāwī, Rif Dimašq Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1996–2002
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0028456
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