WH 1853
Text Information
- Siglum
- WH 1853
- Transliteration
- l s²bʿn bn ḥs¹l w wgd wqʿ qḥs² f bʾs¹ m ẓll
- Translation
- By S²bʿn son of Ḥs¹l and he found the rocks (i.e. cairn) of Qḥs² and so despair for those who remain
Interpretation
- Commentary
- Unfortunately the letters have been covered with white ink sometimes obscuring their true shape. This is particularly true of the end of the text where the whole of mẓll can be seen on the stone although the m has been transformed into ll by the ink. For the interpretation of wqʿ see Macdonald 1992: 6, n. 26.
- Original Reading Credit
- SIAM.II p. 195-196
- Winnett, F.V. & Harding, G.L. Inscriptions from Fifty Safaitic Cairns. (Near and Middle East Series, 9). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1978.
- Macdonald, M.C.A. The Seasons and Transhumance in the Safaitic Inscriptions. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland 3rd. series, 2, 1992: 1-11.
- Site
- WH Cairn 25, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
- Date Found
- 1958–1959
- Current Location
- Amman Museum J. (14177)
- Subjects
- Finding inscription(s), Genealogy
- Script
- Safaitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0012706
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