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LP 685

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
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

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
#0009269
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