LP 679
Text Information
- Siglum
- LP 679
- Transliteration
- l ḥny bn s¹ḫr bn ʿbd bn ʾdm bn ms¹k bn s²rb w tʾs¹ rdf bn ʾḫ -h qtl ʿrḍt f h lt ṯʾr m ʾ(ẓ)lf (w) (ṯ)(b)r l- -hm
- Translation
- By Ḥny son of S¹ḫr son of ʿbd son of ʾdm son of Ms¹k son of S²rb and he despaired of Rdf, his brother’s son, who was killed by/in an army, so, O Lt, he will have vengeance against the ones who {committed this act} and {destruction} be upon them!
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
- #0009263
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