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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 2255

Text Information

Siglum
WH 2255
Transliteration
l ʿs² bn khl bn hʿḏr bn zhmn w tẓr h- wr{d} brkt s¹nt {s²}{ʿ}{t} {m}{s¹}{k} rḫb b- ʿrʾl
Translation
By ʿs² son of Khl son of Hʿḏr son of Zhmn and he waited at the {watering place} called Brkt the year {the party} {of} {Ms¹k} were at the {spacious pastures near} ʿrʾl.

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
NAEN I 29 38 n. 56: w tẓr h- wr{d} brkt - " and he waited at the watering place in Brkt"

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 32, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1958–1959
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0013127
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