WH 2654
Text Information
- Siglum
- WH 2654
- Transliteration
- l mrʾ bn ḫzr h- nʿm
- Translation
- By Mrʾ son of Ḫzr is the grazing livestock
Interpretation
- Commentary
- Since there are no drawings of ostriches (nʿm) on the stone, it is probable that WH (p. 389) ares correct in taking nʿm as meaning "grazing livestock", referring to reality rather than a drawing.
- Provenance
- WH Cairn 34 and this inscription were rediscovered and photographed by the Badia Epigraphic Survey in 2018 and the co-ordinates given are exact.
- Original Reading Credit
- Ed. pr.
- Associated Inscriptions
- Winnett, F.V. & Harding, G.L. Inscriptions from Fifty Safaitic Cairns. (Near and Middle East Series, 9). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1978.
- Inscriptions recorded during the Badia Epigraphic Survey 2018 and published here
- Site
- WH Cairn 34, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
- Date Found
- 1958–1959
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subjects
- Domestic animals, Genealogy
- Script
- Safaitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0013551
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