WH 289

Text Information

Siglum
WH 289
Transliteration
l dʾl bn ʾmrʾl w qyẓ brkt
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Translation
By Dʾl son of ʾmrʾl and he spent the dry season at Brkt
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
MST p. 9 n. 46: w qyẓ brkt - and he spent the dry season at Brkt WH: translate qyẓ as "spent the summer"
Commentary
The Arabic verb qāẓa usually takes an object introduced by b-, making it possible that the final word should be parsed as b- rkt. However, locative objects in Safaitic are not infrequently introduced without a preposition.

Editio Princeps
Ed. pr.

Technique
Chiselled
Direction of Script
Boustrophedon (starting from left)

Associated Remains
Cairn

  • [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
#0011049
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