WH 1031

Siglum
WH 1031
Transliteration
l mgd bn {l}d bn qdm w {n}ẓr h- s¹nt ḥfl ʾṭ{r}ṣ h- s¹----{ġ}ʾrbʿ{ḫ}lr{ʾ} f h lt s¹lm
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Translation
By Mgd son of {Ld} son of Qdm and he was keeping watch the year of the assembly of {ʾṭrṣ} and h- s¹----{ġ}ʾrbʿ{ḫ}lr{ʾ} so, O Lt [grant] security
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WH: w ẓr h- s¹t ḥ<>fl ʾṭr ṣhs¹ hdb w <>rṣ "He slaughtered (with a flint knife) the six good milk-camels who cut off [the arm ?] of {ʾys) who milked [them]"
Commentary
For ḥfl "assembly" see Al-Jallad & Jaworska (in press).

Editio Princeps
OCIANA

  • [SafDict] Al-Jallad, A. & Jaworska, K. A Dictionary of the Safaitic Inscriptions. Leiden: Brill, 2019
  • [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
#0011831
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA