OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

MH 1

Text Information

Siglum
MH 1
Transliteration
l mty bn mʿhr w bhy w wgd w ḏkrt lt bgrt w mhz w tm w hd w nhk w lʿnt lt mḫbl w ts²wq ʾl- ʾhl -h
Translation
By Mty son of Mʿhr and (he) has moved the camp and found, and may Lt remember Bgrt and Mhz and Tm and Hd and Nhk and may Lt curse [the] destroyer, and he yearned for his family

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TRANSLATION ḏkrt, Tarawneh et al. translate in the past tense: "Lt remembered". ts²wq, Tarawneh et at.: "(he) looked forward".
Commentary
http://maajournal.com/Issues/2012/pdf/Full10.pdf

  • Tarawneh, M., al-Salamīn [Al-Salameen], Z.M. & Abudanah, F.Q. Results of a pilot survey study in the region of Mushash Hudruj, south eastern Jordan. Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry 12/2, 2012: 133-143.
Site
Mušaš Ḥudruǧ, Maʿān Governorate, Jordan
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Camping, Curse, Deity, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Relatives, Religion, Yearning
Script
Hismaic
Old OCIANA ID
#0053182
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