WH 142
Text Information
- Siglum
- WH 142
- Transliteration
- l zbd bn ʾʿdy w bny h- rḥl s¹nt ʾs¹
- Translation
- By Zbd son of ʾʿdg and he built this abode the year of ʾs¹
Interpretation
- Commentary
- The definition provided in the Lisān for rḥl is "a man's dwelling place and its accompanying furnishings", which might suggest that a rḥl is more permanent dwelling than bt 'tent'.
- Provenance
- Burquʿ
- Original Reading Credit
- Ed. pr.
- Original Translation Credit
- Ed. pr.
- Technique
- Incised
- Associated Remains
- Cairn
- 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 3, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
- Date Found
- 1958–1959
- Current Location
- in situ
- Subject
- Genealogy
- Script
- Safaitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0010894
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