WH 161

Siglum: WH 161
Transliteration: l frhz bn kmd w ṭrd mn ḥrn f rʿy kll ʾrḍ
Translation: By Frhz son of Kmd and he was driven (out) of (the) Ḥrn so he pastured in every region

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: WH: Translation of narrative "He drove [camels] from the Ḥaurān and pastured [them] in every region." MNH p. 340: w ṭrd mn- ḥrn f rʿy kll ʾrḍ - and he was driven away from the Ḥawrān and so pastured in every region; p. 342 on being driven from the Ḥawrān.
Commentary: The meaning of kll is 'each, every' when governing an singular indefinite noun (Wright, Ar. Gr., Vol. II §82.d). WH reading of ṭrd as an active verb with a gapped object is unlikely. While the gapping of verbs is common, gapped objects are far rarer, and, aside from this ambiguous case, unknown with the verb ṭrd (see KhBG 8; KhBG 257; KhBG 403; WH 3049; BTH 228; LP 732). Thus, we take ṭrd as a passive verb, 'was driven (out)'. The same double meaning, to drive animals and to drive away, occurs in Arabic. This would also explain why the author had to pasture in other regions.

Provenance: WH Cairn 7 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.
Original Translation Credit: OCIANA

Associated Remains

Cairn

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.