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WH 3840

Siglum
WH 3840
Transliteration
l nfr {b}n ws¹mt h- {w}qʿt w h- ẓlt ʿm {f} ʿm w tẓr ḏ ʿs¹ yṭf
Translation
Nfr {son of} Ws¹mt is at this watering-hole and this shelter year after year and waiting for him who might return

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WH: l fl bn w---- h- {w}qʿt
Commentary
The letters before h-{w}qʿt are very faint but can just be made out on the photographs. The f, if such it is, in ʿm {f} ʿm has a very peculiar shape like a r with short diagonal strokes at the corners. For the interpretation of wqʿt and ʿṣ yṭf see Al-Jallad & Jaworska (in press).

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
Ed. pr.

Associated Signs
Circles and wavy lines

  • 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 47, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1958–1959
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Genealogy, Present in a place, Structure, Watch (keeping), Watering
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0014811
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