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WH 3422

Siglum
WH 3422
Transliteration
w ʾs¹fr ḥṯyt
Translation
and he set off for Ḥṯyt

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WH ----ʾs¹f rḥ ṯyt "---- wind blew away a sheep-fold"
Commentary
This is a most unusual inscription. It is enclosed in a cartouche and nothing seems to have been lost at the beginning. For ʾs¹fr see Al-Jallad & Jaworski (in press). Ḥṯyt could be a place name, compare ḫṯyt in SDMS 26.

Provenance
WH Cairn 46 and this inscription were rediscovered and photographed by the Badia Epigraphic Survey in 2018 and the co-ordinates given are exact.
Original Reading Credit
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Original Translation Credit
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Associated Signs
Cartouche around the inscription and an unidentifiable shape; 7 lines just outside the cartouche
Associated Drawings
A she-ass on another face (see WH 3423+3424) and a long-necked animal with no hump on another face.
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.
  • Al-Jallad, A. & Jaworska, K.A. Dictionary and Grammar of the Safaitic Inscriptions. Volume I: Dictionary. Leiden: Brill, 2019
Site
WH Cairn 46, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1958–1959
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Movement, Place-name
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0014360
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