OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 367

Text Information

Siglum
WH 367
Transliteration
l tm bn tm bn ʾktb bn mty ḏ- ʾl frṯ w wgm ʿl- gls¹ f h lt ṯʾr w h lt nqʾt l- ḏ yʿwr h- s¹fr
Translation
By Tm son of Tm son of ʾktb son of Mty of the lineage of Frṯ and he grieved for Gls¹ and so O Lt [grant] vengeance and O Lt [inflict] ejection from the grave on whoever may scratch out the inscription

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WH 367: nqʾt "evil eye" for "ejection from the grave"

Provenance
Burquʿ region
Original Reading Credit
Ed. pr.

  • 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
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0011129
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