WH 2870
Text Information
- Siglum
- WH 2870
- Transliteration
-
l ms¹k bn frzr wrlhʾfrhn w ʾtn
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- Translation
-
By Ms¹k son of Frzl wrlhʾfrhn and a she-ass
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- Language and Script
- Safaitic
Interpretation
- Apparatus Criticus
- WH: w rʿy h- ʾfr h- ʿn w ---- for
- Commentary
- Note that l in this text is a straight line with no hook at either end and r is straight line with a hook at one or both ends. Moreover, what WH read as the ʿ in rʿy is a hole in the rock and what they read as y in the same word is a l with a mark near the top which on close examination does not seem to be part of the letter (see some of the photographs). What WH read as another ʿ before the n towards the end of the text is also a mark rather than a letter. Unfortunately we have not been able to interpret this section of the inscription.
- Editio Princeps
- OCIANA
- Associated Inscriptions
- WH 2869–2869.1, 2871–2881
- [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 39, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
- Date Found
- 1958–1959
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subjects
- Domestic animals, Genealogy
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0013775
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Updated
16 Sep, 2024
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