WH 2149
Text Information
- Siglum
- WH 2149
- Transliteration
- l wrd bn qdmt bn kʿmh w rʿy h- ḍlʿ nqwy {ḫ}bb {k}{s¹}{l}{ʿ}{q}{r}{ʿ}
- Translation
- By Wrd son of Qdmt son of Kʿmh and he grazed on the isolated rugged mountain nqwy which had become tall like salaʿ
Interpretation
- Commentary
- The end of the text is very faint on the photo. According to Musil (1928: 684) ẓelʿ (< ḍlʿ) is "an isolated rugged mountain", see also Groom 1983: 77.
- 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.
- Musil, A. The Manners and Customs of the Rwala Bedouins. (Oriental Explorations and Studies, 6). New York: American Geographical Society, 1928.
- Groom, N. A Dictionary of Arabic Topography and Placenames. A Transliterated Arabic-English Dictionary with an Arabic Glossary of Topographical Words and Placenames. London: Longman / Beirut: Librairie du Liban, 1983.
- Site
- WH Cairn 30, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
- Date Found
- 1958–1959
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subject
- Genealogy
- Script
- Safaitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0013014
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