WH 191
Text Information
- Siglum
- WH 191
- Transliteration
- l flg bn ḥmgt w h yṯʿ flṭ -h m- ḏ {k}f s¹ʾ
- Translation
- By Flg son of Ḥmgt and O Yṯʿ deliver him from him who {possesses} (?) evil
Interpretation
- Apparatus Criticus
- WH: ...mḏfr sʾ for m- ḏ {k}f sʾ; translation "an evil stench"
- Commentary
- What WH take as an f looks more like a k on the photograph, but admittedly one reminiscent of Thamudic B. WH's r is in fact the lower half of an f, the upper half of which is damaged but easily made out from on the photo. Kf is attested in KRS 1866, with the meaning of "to overturn". This meaning does not fit the current context, as it would seem odd for the author to request deliverance from "the overturner". Rather, we would connect kf with palm, cf. Arabic kaff, and treat the phrase idiomatically as one who has evil in his hand, i.e., one who possesses evil.
- Provenance
- Burquʿ
- Original Reading Credit
- OCIANA
- Original Translation Credit
- OCIANA
- Technique
- Direct hammered
- 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
- #0010945
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