WH 74

Siglum
WH 74
Transliteration
l ʿdy bn tmhm w rʿy h- rḥbt
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Translation
By ʿdy son of Tmhm and he pastured the raḥaba
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
NAEN I p. 23 32 n.4: w rʿy h- rḥbt "and he pastured this raḥabah".
Commentary
Lane 1051c-1052a: raḥabah pl. raḥab - “a desert tract, an ample tract of land that produces much herbage”.

Editio Princeps
Ed. pr.

Technique
Scratched
Direction of Script
Boustrophedon (starting downwards)

Associated Remains
Cairn
Associated Inscriptions

  • [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 2, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1958–1959
Current Location
in situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0010818
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