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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

NLB.C 1

Text Information

Siglum
NLB.C 1
Transliteration
l ḫlʾl bn s²mtt bn s¹ʿdt {w} ṯg---- ʾ{y}s¹ h- m{ẓ}{l}{l} w ẓl b- h- nmrt
Translation
By Ḫlʾl son of S²mtt son of S¹ʿdt and so he was miserable overshadowed (with grief) and he spent time at Nmrt

Interpretation

Commentary
On a rock split straight down the middle. NLB.C 1 is on the right half and 2 and 3 on the left half. There are two letters between ṯg and ʾ{y}s¹. The y of the latter has been changed to a ṯ by later additions.

Provenance
On the lower slopes of the left bank of the Wādī Shām, approximately 300 m north-west of the island on which the mausoleum stands. A narrow path (wider than a goat track) has been cleared along its eastern edge.
Site
An unnamed site on the left bank of the Al-Namārah basin, Al-Suwaydāʾ (al-Sweidah) Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1995
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0035847
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