LP 674
Text Information
- Siglum
- LP 674
- Transliteration
- l ʾys¹ bn ʿm bn s²mt w rʿy ḍʾn w wrd ḍf ʾl- ḫms¹ f h bʿls¹mn rwḥ w s²gn l- ḏ ʿw(r) h- ḫṭṭ
- Translation
- By ʾys¹ son of ʿm son of S²mt. And he pastured some sheep and watered as a guest of the tribe of Ḫms¹ so O Bʿls¹mn [grant] a change of circumstances but sorrow to him who {effaces} this writing!
Interpretation
- Provenance
- Unfortunately, the Safaitic Epigraphic Survey Programme was unable to locate the sites of Qabr Nāṣir and Ṣanāyim al-Gharz and they do not appear in Geonames. Dussaud & Macler describe Ghadīr al-Darb as "a muddy pool of water" in Wādī al-Gharz (1903: 27 [429]). The co-ordinates given above are those provided by Geonames, but this places it some 220 m north of the left bank of the Wādī, so they should be taken as approximate.
- 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 Qabr Nāṣir to Ṣanāyim al-Ġarz not far east from Ġadīr]al-Darb" (Littmann 1943: 170), Al-Suwaydāʾ (al-Sweidah) Governorate, Syria
- Date Found
- 1904–1905
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subject
- Genealogy
- Script
- Safaitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0009258
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