WH 1675
Text Information
- Siglum
- WH 1675
- Transliteration
- l ḫzm bn ṣʿb bn grm[[]]ʾl bn ʿbd bn nʿmn bn kn w ʾs²rq b- h- ms¹rt w [[]]ḫrṣ bn dd -h ʾs¹r f h lt rwḥ l- ḏ ġnẓ
- Translation
- By Ḫzm son of Ṣʿb son of Grmʾl son of ʿbd son of Nʿmn son of Kn and he migrated to the inner desert with the military unit and was on the look-out for his cousin who is a captive and O Lt [grant] relief to him who is distressed.
Interpretation
- Apparatus Criticus
- WH: w ʾs²rq l-h-ms¹rt "he went eastward to the camp" for w ʾs²rq b-h-ms¹rt "and he migrated to the inner desert with the military unit"
- Commentary
- The author wrote the m of grmʾl twice and scratched over the second. The letter before h- ms¹rt has a definite curve and is identical to the b's (as opposed to the l's) in the text. The author wrote a q before ḫrṣ which he then scratched over.
- Provenance
- WH Cairn 21 and this inscription were rediscovered and photographed by the Badia Epigraphic Survey in 2018 and the co-ordinates given are exact.
- Original Reading Credit
- OCIANA
- Associated Signs
- Cartouche
- 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 21, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
- Date Found
- 1958–1959
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subject
- Genealogy
- Script
- Safaitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0012520
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