WH 1996.1
Text Information
- Siglum
- WH 1996.1
- Transliteration
- l s¹krn bn qmhr {b}n brḍh w tẓr bkr w qbr m----ml
- Translation
- By S¹krn son of Qmhr son of Brḍh and he was waiting for a young man and he buried m----ml
Interpretation
- Apparatus Criticus
- WH 1996.1:tẓr bkr "He was on the look-out for a young male camel"; w qẓ rm "and he spent the summer in Rome".
- Commentary
- The r of qmhr is carved aboved the h. The text continues under the abrasion and the last three letters are carved between the h and the r of qmhr.
- 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 [?] (see WH p. 33), Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
- Date Found
- 1958–1959
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subject
- Genealogy
- Script
- Safaitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0012858
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