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LP 540

Text Information

Siglum
LP 540
Transliteration
l ḥnn bn ḥnn bn ʾys¹ bn (k)(s¹)ṭ bn ḥnn bn zbdyn bn rṯʾl w wgm ʿl- ʾḫt -h w bky w bny h- rgm s¹nt ngy m- nmrt h- s¹lṭn ʿl- ʾl ʿwḏ
Translation
By Ḥnn son of Ḥnn son of ʾys¹ son of Ks¹ṭ son of Ḥnn son of Zbdyn son of Rṯʾl and he grieved for his sister and wept [for her] and built this sepulchre, in the year in which he escaped from Nmrt of the Government to the tribe ʿwḏ

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
#0009124
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