WH 2142
Text Information
- Siglum
- WH 2142
- Transliteration
- l m{f}ny bn tm w rʿy h- rġlt nwy
- Translation
- By Mfny son of Tm and he pastured the meadows while migrating
Interpretation
- Commentary
- The third letter could also be a ġ but in that case it would be the mirror image of the later ġ. Rġlt is probably a plant either roġeyla (Atriplex dimorphostegia K.K.) the “raw stalks or tuberous growths” of which the Rwala eat (Musil Rwala 95) or roġol (Atriplex leucoclada Boiss) a perennial of the class of plants called ḥamẓ which make the best camel pasture (Musil Rwala p. 337-338). The diagonal line which seems to join the ġ to the l is probably accidental.
- 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 29, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
- Date Found
- 1958–1959
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subject
- Genealogy
- Script
- Safaitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0013007
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