WH 62

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: WH: "and he grieved for a loved one"
Commentary: Here, ḥbb is either an undefined noun "a loved one" or a personal name (cf. Arabic Ḥabīb). In other texts, we find wgm ʿl ḥbb -h "he mourned for his beloved" or ḥbb f ḥbb "one loved one after another" , in which case ḥbb is clearly a noun. In the present text, however, it seems unlikely that the author would be vague about the person he was grieving for (by leaving the noun indefinite), especially given the vast number of texts in which the person(s) grieved for is/are named. Thus, it seems more probable that ḥbb is a personal name. [MCAM]

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

Associated Drawings

nude man

Associated Remains

Cairn

Associated Inscriptions

Winnett, F.V. & Harding, G.L. Inscriptions from Fifty Safaitic Cairns. (Near and Middle East Series, 9). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1978.