WH 3838
Text Information
- Siglum
- WH 3838
- Transliteration
- l ʾs¹hʾlh bn ql w ḥyb ʿl- bny -h h rḍw ġnmt m- s²nʾ
- Translation
- By ʾs¹hʾlh son of Ql and he grieved for his little son [or his sons or his two sons] O Rḍw, [grant] booty from enemies
Interpretation
- Commentary
- The text is carved on two lines both running from left-to-right.
- 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
- OCIANA
- Associated Signs
- Cartouche with 7 lines along with the text inside it.
- 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 47, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
- Date Found
- 1958–1959
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subjects
- Deity, Genealogy, Grieving, Isolated Prayer, Relatives
- Script
- Safaitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0014809
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