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WH 3810

Siglum
WH 3810
Transliteration
l rḏy bn tḥd{l} bn rbny w ḫr
Translation
By Lḏy son of Tḥdl son of Rbny and he was in a good state

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WH: w ḫl for w ḫr
Commentary
A reading l rḏy bnt ḥdl "By Rḏy daughter of Ḥdl" would be possible were it not for the verb in the 3rd person masculine singular suffix conjugation at the end of the text. Note that neither the lām auctoris nor the l of ḥdl have a hook and it so it is likely that the final letter of the text is a r not a l as read by WH. For ḫr compare Arabic ḫāra (< ḪYR) "he was good" (Lane 828c).

Provenance
WH Cairn 47 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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Associated Signs
7 lines and long line

  • 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.
Site
WH Cairn 47, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1958–1959
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0014781
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