LP 685
Text Information
- Siglum
- LP 685
- Transliteration
-
l ẓlm bn wʾl bn ẓlm w wgm ʿl- ʾb -h w bny h- ṣwy l- ṣʾr f h lt s¹lm w ʾrk rḥ l- ḏ dʿy h- ḫṭṭ
OCIANA
- Translation
-
By Ẓlm son of Wʾl son of Ẓlm and he grieved for his father while he built the cairn for Ṣʾr, so, O Lt, may he who would read this writing aloud have security and forbearance
OCIANA
- Language and Script
- Safaitic
Interpretation
- [LP] 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
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0009269
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Updated
16 Sep, 2024
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OCIANA
Cite this Site
OCIANA. 'LP 685.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/590. Accessed: 17 Jun, 2025.