WH 298

Siglum: WH 298
Transliteration: l ws¹mʾl bn yʿmr bn ʿs²q bn ḥzʾ bn mdd bn bny w qyẓ brkt nwy s¹nt nrs¹m{r}
Translation: 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}

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.

Provenance: WH Cairn 9A and this inscription were rediscovered and photographed by the Badia Epigraphic Survey in 2018 and the co-ordinates given are exact.
Original Reading Credit: OCIANA
Original Translation Credit: OCIANA

Associated Signs

sun-disk; cartouche with seven intersecting lines on the bottom left corner

Associated Remains

Cairn

Associated Inscriptions

Winnett, F.V. & Harding, G.L. Inscriptions from Fifty Safaitic Cairns. (Near and Middle East Series, 9). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1978.