WH 575

Siglum
WH 575
Transliteration
l tm bn ḫṭs¹t w nẓr s¹nt ngy mty hdy f h lt s¹lm
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Translation
By Tm son of Ḫṭs¹t and he kept watch the year Mty was appointed commander and so O Lt may he be secure
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WH 575: s¹nt ngy mty hdy: "the time that Mty rescued Hdy" for "the year Mty was appointed commander"
Commentary
For the basis of the translation of s¹nt ngy mty hdy see Macdonald 2014: 154–156.

Editio Princeps
Ed. pr.

  • Macdonald, M.C.A. ‘Romans Go Home’? Rome and other ‘Outsiders’ as viewed from the Syro-Arabian Desert. Pages 145-163 in J.H.E. Dijkstra & G. Fisher (eds), Inside and Out. Interactions between Rome and the Peoples on the Arabian and Egyptian Frontiers in Late Antiquity. (Late Antique History and Religion, 8). Louvain: Peeters, 2014.
  • [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 9B, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1958–1959
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0011351
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