WH 173
Text Information
- Siglum
- WH 173
- Transliteration
- l ms¹k bn ys¹lm bn ʿwḏn bn mlk w ʾs²rq f h lt s¹lm m- s²nʾ
- Translation
- By Ms¹k son of Ys¹lm son of ʿwḏn son of Mlk and he migrated to the inner desert so O Lt [grant] security from enemies
Interpretation
- Apparatus Criticus
- WH: Translation of ʾs²rq as "...he has gone eastward.."
- Commentary
- See MCAM 2009 for the translation of ʾs²rq as 'migrate to the inner desert'.
- Provenance
- Burquʿ
- Original Reading Credit
- Ed. pr.
- Original Translation Credit
- OCIANA
- Technique
- Scratched
- Associated Remains
- Cairn
- 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
- Script
- Safaitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0010927
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