WH 56
Text Information
- Siglum
- WH 56
- Transliteration
- l wʿy bn bny bn ns²ʿʾl w hy lt nqʾt l- ḏ yʿwr h- s¹fr
- Translation
- By Wʿy son of Bny son of Ns²ʿʾl and O Lt [inflict] ejection from the grave on him who scratches out this inscription
Interpretation
- Commentary
- The meaning of nqʾt is uncertain. WH connect it with Classical Arabic najʾat "evil eye" but there are no other instances of Arabic /j/ corresponding to Safaitic /q/. Rodinson (Arabica 6, 1959, pp.217-218) connects it with Akkadian naqū/neqū 'to pour out libations to the dead', 'to scatter dust on the head as a sign of mourning', but this hardly seems to fit the present context. The final two letters are spaced about twice as far from each other than the others.
- Provenance
- WH Cairn 2 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.
- Original Translation Credit
- OCIANA
- Technique
- Incised
- Associated Drawings
- horse
- Associated Remains
- Cairn
- Associated Inscriptions
- WH 53-55, WH 57-60
- 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 2, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
- Date Found
- 1958–1959
- Current Location
- in situ
- Subject
- Genealogy
- Script
- Safaitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0010801
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