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LP 678

Text Information

Siglum
LP 678
Transliteration
l tm bn ḥg bn wrd bn ʾs¹ bn ḥg bn s²bḥr bn nw(n) bn (n)ḍlʾl bn ʿbṭ w bny h- rgm l- ʾḥrb f h lt s¹lm w ʿwr l- ḏ yʿwr h- s¹fr
Translation
By Tm son of Ḥg son of Wrd son of ʾs¹ son of Ḥg son of S²bḥr son of Nwn son of Nḍlʾl son of ʿbṭ and he built the cairn for ʾḥrb and so O Lt [grant] security and [inflict] blindness on whoever scratches out this inscription

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
#0009262
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