WH 171

Siglum
WH 171
Transliteration
l rʿly bn ḥṯmt w rʿy ḫfg
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Translation
By Rʿly son of Ḥṯmt and he pastured on ḫfg
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WH: Translation of ḫfg as "[the ḥarrah of] H̲FG"
Commentary
H̲fg occurs here and in ISB 113 and KRS 1836. A member of the Ahl al-Jabal, who inhabit the ḥarrah of southern Syria and north-eastern Jordan, identified a plant of the ḥarrah shown him by Geraldine King as ḫafaǧ. Dr. Sue Colledge later identified it from a photograph as Diplotaxis Harra. The verb rʿy takes a direct object in Safaitic regardless of whether the latter refers to the food or the place.

Editio Princeps
Ed. pr.

Technique
Scratched
Direction of Script
Boustrophedon (starting from left)

Associated Remains
Cairn

  • [ISB] Oxtoby, W.G. Some Inscriptions of the Safaitic Bedouin. (American Oriental Series, 50). New Haven, CT: American Oriental Society, 1968.
  • [WH] 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 7, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1958–1959
Current Location
in situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0010925
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OCIANA,. 'WH 171.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/33397. Accessed: 13 Aug, 2025.