WH 1173
Text Information
- Siglum
- WH 1173
- Transliteration
- l ʾḏnt bn ḫlf bn ḥ--- ʾṭfl w ʾs²rq f h gdḍf s¹lm
- Translation
- By ʾḏnt son of Ḫlf son of Ḥ---- rain showers and he migrated to the inner desert and so O Gdḍf [grant] security
Interpretation
- Commentary
- Unfortunately, there is a gap of several letters between the last letter of the genealogy and the ʾ of ʾṭfl. We have taken the latter as the plural of ṭafal "a rain shower" (cf. Lane 1860c).
- Provenance
- WH Cairn 15 and this inscription were rediscovered and photographed by the Badia Epigraphic Survey in 2018 and the co-ordinates given are exact.
- Original Reading Credit
- Ed. pr.
- 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 15, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
- Date Found
- 1958–1959
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subject
- Genealogy
- Script
- Safaitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0011982
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