WH 2837
Text Information
- Siglum
- WH 2837
- Transliteration
- l ʿwḏ bn ʾṣlḥ ḏ- ʾl rks¹ w ḫrṣ mṭt -h f h lt w ds²r s¹lm w ġnmt w ḥwr{n}
- Translation
- By ʿwḏ son of ʾṣlḥ of the lineage of Rks¹ and he kept watch over his riding-camels, so, O Lt and Ds²r, let there be security and spoil and {safe return}.
Interpretation
- 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 Signs
- Cartouche and two sets of 7 lines
- 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 37, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
- Date Found
- 1958–1959
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subjects
- Deity, Domestic animals, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Raiding, Watch (keeping)
- Script
- Safaitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0013737
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