WH 2833

Siglum: WH 2833
Transliteration: l ʿmrn bn wfq w ṣbḥ tdmr f qtl hmlk bn ʾftnyʾ bn ḥrḍ w rḍy s¹lm
Translation: By ʿmrn son of Wfq and he had made a sudden attack on Tadmur and killed Hmlk son of ʾftnyʾ son of Ḥrḍ and O Rḍy [grant] security

Interpretation

Commentary: This was published as WH 2833 a. For ṣbḥ as "he made a sudden attack (in the morning)" see Lane ṣabaḥa "he made a predatory or hostile attack in the morning" (Lane p. 1640c) and yawm al-ṣabāḥi "the day of a hostile or predatory incursion" (Lane p. 1642c). Müller 1980: 73 suggests that ʾftnyʾ represents the Greek name Ἀφθόνιος. For hmlk compare Palmyrene mlkʾ and for ḥrḍ compare Palmyrene ḥrwṣ (Stark 1971: 32 and 23 respectively).

Provenance: WH Cairn 37 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.
Lane, E.W. An Arabic-English Lexicon, Derived from the Best and Most Copious Eastern Sources. (Volume 1 in 8 parts [all published]). London: Williams & Norgate, 1863-1893.
Müller, W.W. Some Remarks on the Safaitic Inscriptions. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 10, 1980: 67-74.
Stark, J.K. Personal Names in the Palmyrene Inscriptions. Oxford: Clarendon, 1971.