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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

LP 538

Text Information

Siglum
LP 538
Transliteration
l ḥs² bn wgm bn wʿl
Translation
By Ḥs² son of Wgm son of Wʿl

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
#0009122
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