WH 2411

Siglum
WH 2411
Transliteration
l nġbr bn ʾṣlḥ w qrb brkt w ʾḫs¹f nʿm s¹nt bʿls¹my
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Translation
By Nġbr son of ʾṣlḥ. He settled at Brkt and the soft tracts of Nʿm the year of Bʿls¹my
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WH 2411: s¹nt bʿls¹my "the year he married S¹my" for s¹nt bʿls¹my "the year of Bʿls¹my".
Commentary
Although there is considerable variation in the forms of the b's in the texts the shape of r remains constant. Thus the verb must be qrb not qrr. On brkt see See Macdonald 1992: 27–30. For ʾḫs¹f compare Classical Arabic aḫāsīf (sg. ḫasfah) "soft tracts of land. s¹nt bʿls¹my either refers to a special festival for the god, or to a year of particularly good rainfall.

Editio Princeps
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Associated Inscriptions
WH 2407–2410, 2412–2415

  • [NAEN] Macdonald, M.C.A. North Arabian Epigraphic Notes I. Arabian archaeology and epigraphy 3, 1992: 23-43.
  • [WH] 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 34, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1958–1959
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Date (s¹nt), Genealogy, Topographic features, Watering
Old OCIANA ID
#0013289
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