LP 676

Siglum: LP 676
Transliteration: l ġlmt bn mtn bn ḥny bn bnms¹(k) b- ḏ f n(y)
Translation: By Ġlmt son of Mtn son of Ḥny son of {Bnms¹k}. He passed away here

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: l ġlmt bn mtn bn ḥny bn [[]][[]] ms¹(k) b- ḏ/ fn(y) [LP]
Commentary: The letters between the [[]][[]] are "bn".

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.
Original Reading Credit: OCIANA
Original Translation Credit: OCIANA

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