WH 2161
Text Information
- Siglum
- WH 2161
- Transliteration
- l {ʾ}{s¹}{ḫ}r bn ḫdmt w rʿy h- mʿzy{t} {ḥ}ḍṯ b- {k}s¹ʾ ʿq{b}{t} f h yṯʿ s¹lm w ʿwr ḏ yʿwr h- s¹fr
- Translation
- By {ʾs¹ḫr} son of Ḫdmt and he pastured the {goats} for the first time during the cosmical setting/full moon of Scorpio, so, O Yṯʿ, may he be secure, and blind him who would efface this writing.
Interpretation
- Apparatus Criticus
- MNH p. 320 and n. 117: on pasturing goats on edge of ḥarra/ḥamæd border.
- 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 30, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
- Date Found
- 1958–1959
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subject
- Genealogy
- Script
- Safaitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0013027
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