OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 577

Text Information

Siglum
WH 577
Transliteration
l qḥs² bn khl bn qḥs² w ḫrṣ bn -h w bt -h f h lt s¹lm w s²ʿhqm
Translation
By Qḥs² son of Khl son of Qḥs² and he was on the look-out for his son and his daughter, so O Lt [grant] security, and [may] S²ʿhqm

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
SadF p. 47: w ḫrṣ bn -h w bt -h - wa qaddama (©aiʾan mæ) li-ʾajil ibnhu wa ibnatihi or wa ʿamala ©aqqan/jarḥan (kaʿilæj) l-ibnhu wa ibnatihi

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 9B, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1958–1959
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0011354
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