WH 1855
Text Information
- Siglum
- WH 1855
- Transliteration
- l mṣrm bn nzl bn mṣrm w ʾs²rq b- ms¹rt hnʾ mdbr
- Translation
- By Mṣrm son of Mṣrm and he migrated to the inner desert in the military unit of Hnʾ
Interpretation
- Commentary
- On the photograph it is clear that the second name is nzl not ntn (as read by WH). The line before ms¹rt has a definite curve at one end like the b's of the bn's whereas the lām auctoris and the l of nzl are straight. It must therefore be a b. The supposed l before mdbr is a small scratch above the foot of the ʾ of hnʾ. Mdbr is a locative.
- Original Reading Credit
- OCIANA
- 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 25, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
- Date Found
- 1958–1959
- Current Location
- Amman Museum J. (14182)
- Subject
- Genealogy
- Script
- Safaitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0012708
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