WH 1027

Siglum: WH 1027
Transliteration: l qdm bn qym bn whbʾl w nẓr l- h- ms¹rt s¹nt ngy mty h[d]y
Translation: By Qdm son of Qym son of Whbʾl and he was on guard for the unit the year Mty was appointed [commander]

Interpretation

Commentary: For ms¹rt as a military unit see Macdonald 2014: 157–158, and n. 69. For ngy N hdy see ibid 155–156.

Winnett, F.V. & Harding, G.L. Inscriptions from Fifty Safaitic Cairns. (Near and Middle East Series, 9). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1978.
Macdonald, M.C.A. ‘Romans Go Home’? Rome and other ‘Outsiders’ as viewed from the Syro-Arabian Desert. Pages 145-163 in J.H.E. Dijkstra & G. Fisher (eds), Inside and Out. Interactions between Rome and the Peoples on the Arabian and Egyptian Frontiers in Late Antiquity. (Late Antique History and Religion, 8). Louvain: Peeters, 2014.