WH 298
Text Information
- Siglum
- WH 298
- Transliteration
-
l ws¹mʾl bn yʿmr bn ʿs²q bn ḥzʾ bn mdd bn bny w qyẓ brkt nwy s¹nt nrs¹m{r}
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- Translation
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By Ws¹mʾl son of Yʿmr son of ʿs²q son of Ḥzʾ son of Mdd son of Bny and he spent the dry season at Brkt whilst migrating with the tribe the year of {Nrs¹mr}
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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: nr sm{m} for nrs¹m{r}, translation "(when) a hot sandstorm appeared or a flock of birds appeared"; translation of nwy "departing."
- Commentary
- Final letter has only a single curve, unlike the double curve of the preceeding letter, but is also unlike the bs and rs in the text. The name nrs¹m{r} is previously unattested. Its length might suggest that it is a compound of some sort, but more is unclear.
- Editio Princeps
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- Technique
- Scratched
- Direction of Script
- Coil (edge to centre)
- Associated Signs
- sun-disk; cartouche with seven intersecting lines on the bottom left corner
- Associated Remains
- Cairn
- Associated Inscriptions
- [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 9A, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
- Date Found
- 1958–1959
- Current Location
- in situ
- Subject
- Genealogy
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0011058
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16 Sep, 2024
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