WH 1698
Text Information
- Siglum
- WH 1698
- Transliteration
- l ṣbḥ bn rmyn bn ʾb---- bn s²mt ḏ- ʾl ḍf w wld h- mʿzy s¹nt ngy qṣr h- mdnt f h lt wqyt m- s²nʾ w ts²wq l- ġyrʾl ʾḫ -h f h ds²r qbll s¹lm
- Translation
- By Ṣbḥ son of Rmyn son of {ʾb----} son of S²mt of the lineage of Ḍf and he helped the goats give birth the year Caesar announced the province so, O Lt, let there be protection against enemies and he longed for Ġyrʾl his brother so O Ds²r let there be a safe reunion with loved ones.
Interpretation
- Commentary
- As WH note, the n's in s¹nt ngy are placed within the cross of the t.
- 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
- Miscellaneous signs and letters
- 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
- #0012544
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