OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 2042

Text Information

Siglum
WH 2042
Transliteration
l zbdy bn grmʾl bn mʿn ḏ- ʾl ḍf w mʿhs²{g}lḫ f h bʿls¹mn rw[[]]ḥ l- ḏ s¹ʾr
Translation
By Zbdy son of Grmʾl son of Mʿn of the tribe of Ḍf and he pastured Mʿhs²glḫ. And O Bʿls¹mn, [grant] rest to him who lets [the inscription] remain.

Interpretation

Commentary
The final letter of s¹lḫ is too elongated for a t and must be a ḫ.

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 27, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1958–1959
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0012907
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