WH 1023

Siglum
WH 1023
Transliteration
l ʾtm bn ḫnṣ bn s²ʿ w ṣyr b- ʾbl m- ẓʿnt {w} {ʿ}d l- h- ḍʾn b- ms¹lt ʾḥwl -h ʾṯy
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Translation
By ʾtm son of Ḫnṣ son of S²ʿ and he has returned to permanent water with some camels from seeking herbage {and} {he went back} to the sheep [which were] in a stream-bed transferring them to a pen
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
For ẓʿnt compare Classical Arabic ẓaʿana "he journeyed to seek after herbage or water" (Lane 1911b–c); ms¹lt compare masīl "a channel, bed made by flash-floods" (Lane 1486c); The interpretation of ʾḥwl here is offered very tentatively based on the use of the passive of the IV form īḥāl "it is removed, transferred" in Kurpersohoek 2005: 68); ṯyt compare ṯāyah "the nightly resting place of camels, sheep and goats when they have gone away to a distance in the pasture" (Lane 366a).

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Associated Inscriptions
WH 1020–1022, 1024–1025

  • [Lane] Lane, E.W. An Arabic-English Lexicon, Derived from the Best and Most Copious Eastern Sources. (Volume 1 in 8 parts [all published]). London: Williams & Norgate, 1863-1893.
  • [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 12, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1958–1959
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0011822
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