WH 19

Text Information

Siglum
WH 19
Transliteration
l s¹ḫr bn ʿbd bn s¹ḫr bn ʿbd bn ʾdm ḏ- ʾl d[[]]ʾf w ġyb h- dr b- mʿzy
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Translation
By S¹ḫr son of ʿbd son of S¹ḫr son of ʿbd son of ʾdm of the lineage of {Dʾf} and he lay concealed here with some goats
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WH 20: translation of narrative: "he has left this camping-place with the goats"
Commentary
For ġyb as “to be concealed” see Lane 2312b and 2313a-c. WH's translation “he has left this camping-place” is difficult to square with writing the inscription. [MCAM]

Editio Princeps
Ed. pr.

Technique
Scratched
Direction of Script
Boustrophedon (starting from right)

Associated Remains
Cairn

  • [WH] Winnett, F.V. & Harding, G.L. Inscriptions from Fifty Safaitic Cairns. (Near and Middle East Series, 9). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1978.
Site
WH Cairn 1, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1958–1959
Current Location
in situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0010763
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