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WH 3735

Text Information

Siglum
WH 3735
Transliteration
l ʿlyn bn hms¹k w ṭr{d} {h-} ḫl w yẓr
Translation
By ʿlyn son of Hms¹k and he tracked the horses and the Yẓr

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
MNH p. 336 N. 216: discussion of yẓr as the name of a group of people.
Commentary
Suggest yẓr = 3 m. sg. impf. of nẓr with assimilation of n = ʿand was on the look outʾ

Original Reading Credit
OCIANA

  • 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 46, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1958–1959
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0014697
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