WH 1731
Text Information
- Siglum
- WH 1731
- Transliteration
- l ms²kr bn hmlk w ʿny w n{t}n
- Translation
- By Ms²kr son of Hmlk and he suffered and {made an offering}.
Interpretation
- Apparatus Criticus
- WH: ms²kl for ms²kr; w ʿny w ntn "He was worried and needy (?)" for "he suffered and {made an offering}"
- Commentary
- For the translation of w ʿny w ntn see Al-Jallad and Jaworska (in press) under ntn. The t is unclear on the photograph.
- Provenance
- WH Cairn 22 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.
- 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 22, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
- Date Found
- 1958–1959
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subjects
- Genealogy, Religion
- Script
- Safaitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0012581
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