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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16 Sep, 2024
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