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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

LP 528

Text Information

Siglum
LP 528
Transliteration
l ʾḥmḍ bn grmʾl bn zbdy w nẓr h- s¹my f h bʿls¹mn rwḥ w nqʾt l- ḏ yʿwr h- s¹fr w wgm ʿl- ʾb -h w b(k)y f h lt rwḥ
Translation
By ʾḥmḍ son of Grmʾl son of Zbdy and he was watching for the rains and so O Bʿls¹mn, [grant] relief and [inflict] ejection from the grave on him who effaces this inscription and he grieved for his father and {wept} and so O lt [grant] relief

Interpretation

Provenance
Unfortunately, the Safaitic Epigraphic Survey Programme was unable to locate the site of Qabr Nāṣir and it does not appear in Geonames. The co-ordinates given here are therefore those of al-ʿĪsāwī.

  • 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
"On the road from al-ʿĪsāwī to Qabr Nāṣir" (Littmann 1943: 137), Al-Suwaydāʾ (al-Sweidah) Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1904–1905
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0009112
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