WH 2814
Text Information
- Siglum
- WH 2814
- Transliteration
- l ṯlṯt bnt ḥr<<>> w ḥyḍt f h lt rwḥ w s¹lm w ḥ----d
- Translation
- By Ṯlṯt daughter of Ḥr and she was menstruating and so O lt, [grant] relief and security and ----.
Interpretation
- Apparatus Criticus
- WH: l ṯnyt bnt ḥr{m} ḥyḍt f h lt rwḥ w s¹lm "By Ṯnyt daughter of {Ḥrm} a menstruating woman and so O lt, [grant] relief and health"
- Commentary
- The author carved her patronym twice, once starting above the t of bnt (marked by <<>> in the transliteration) and the second time below the t. Unfortunately, the final word (not read by WH) is impossible to make out on the photographs.
- 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.
- 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
- Deity, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Women
- Script
- Safaitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0013714
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