OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 2005

Siglum
WH 2005
Transliteration
l mġyr bn mṣqn ḏ- ʾl s²dts¹ w tẓr h- s¹my f h bʿls¹mn rwḥ
Translation
By Mġyr son of Mṣqn of the lineage of S²dts¹ and he waited for the rain and so O Bʿls¹mn [grant] relief from adversity and uncertainty

Interpretation

Commentary
The letter immediately before w tẓr ius unlikely to be a wasm as suggested by WH.

Original Reading Credit
OCIANA

  • 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
#0012869
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