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SSWS 186

Text Information

Siglum
SSWS 186
Transliteration
l hknf bn ms¹k ḏ- ʾl s²ddt w rʿy h- ʾbl bql w wgm ʿl- yġṯ w ʿl- ḥwl w ʿl- ʾs¹r ḏ- ʾl zhr w ʿl- ṣdy w ʿl- nb[t] w ʿl- ḥfs¹ f wlh f h ʾlhn s¹lm l- ḏ s²rq w ḫrs¹ l- ḏ yʿwr h- s¹fr w ṣwy
Translation
By Hknf son of Ms¹k of the lineage of S²ddt and he pastured the camels in this valley on spring herbage and he grieved for Yġṯ and for Ḥwl and for ʾs¹r of the lineage of Zhr and for Ṣdy and for Nbt and for Ḥfs¹, so he was distraught with grief, so O ʾlhn [grant] security to whoever migrated to the inner desert and hunger and cold to whoever scratches out the inscription and he built a cairn

Interpretation

Provenance
Wādī Sārah
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Associated Remains
Cairn 8

  • Al-Ṣuwayrikī [Al-Sweerky], M.ʿA. Dirāsat nuqūš ṣafawiyyah ǧadīdah min šamāl wādī sārah fī šamāl al-urdun. Unpublished MA thesis, Yarmouk University. 1999.
Site
Wādī Sārah, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1998
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0031262
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