QWs 8

Siglum: QWs 8
Transliteration: l ḫlṣ bn ḥddn bn ʿn bn s²h{r} ---- bn ḥr ---- zhml b{n} mr{ʾ} bn {g}r{s¹} bn {r}lṭ{ʾ} bn ʿ---- bn whb[]ʾl bn gll ḏ- ʾl ḥg{m}
Translation: By Ḫlṣ son of Ḥddn son of ʿn son of {S²hr} ---- son of Ḥr ---- Zhml {son of} {Mrʾ} son of {Grs¹} son of {Rlṭʾ} son of ʿ---- son of {Whbʾl} son of Gll of the lineage of {Ḥgm}

Interpretation

Commentary: C 4043–4046 (= QWs 3, 5+6, 11) and QWs 4, 7–10 are on a long low boulder with a dark red, shiny surface. This text was not recorded by Dussaud and Macler and so not published in C, It was recorded by the Safaitic Epigraphic Survey Programme in 1995. QWs 8 is at the top of the boulder and starts above the beginning of QWs 4. It is incised boustrophedon in small letters which, in places, do not show up clearly against the rock, making it difficult to obtain a coherent reading. It would be tempting to read the name following whbl as gnʾl, since this occurs at the top of the genealogies of both the Ḍf and ʿwḏ lineage groups. However, it is clear that the name is gll.