WH 69

Text Information

Siglum
WH 69
Transliteration
l wfq bn rbʿt bn ʿdy bn s²mr bn ʿmrʾl bn ʿmr w ḥḍr h- dr b- ḏkr
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Translation
By Wfq son of Rbʿt son of ʿdy son of S²mr son of ʿmrʾl son of ʿmr and he stayed here near permanent water when the sun was in Aries.
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WH ḥḍr h- dr b- ḏkr "he was present at this camping-place in a heavy downpour" NAEN and MST on ḥḍr
Commentary
For ḏkr meaning Aries see Al-Jallad 2016: 99.

Editio Princeps
Ed. pr.

Technique
Chiselled
Direction of Script
Boustrophedon (starting downwards)

Associated Remains
Cairn
Associated Inscriptions

  • Al-Jallad, A. An Ancient Arabian Zodiac. The Constellations in the Safaitic Inscriptions. Part II. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 27, 2016: 84–106.
  • [WH] Winnett, F.V. & Harding, G.L. Inscriptions from Fifty Safaitic Cairns. (Near and Middle East Series, 9). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1978. No. 69
Site
WH Cairn 2, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1958–1959
Current Location
in situ
Subjects
Astronomical, Genealogy, Present in a place, Watering
Old OCIANA ID
#0010813
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA