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WH 582

Siglum
WH 582
Transliteration
l kmd bn s²kr bn nṣrʾl w rdf h- ḍʾn l- mdbr w ḫrṣ s¹qm f h lt rwḥ
Translation
By Kmd son of S²kr son of Nṣrʾl and he followed the sheep towards the inner desert while he anticipated illness so, O Lt, grant ease.

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
SadF p. 47: w ḫrṣ s¹qm - wa ʿamala jarḥan/©aqqan (li-ʿilæj) as-saq¡m or wa qaddama (©aiʾan mæ) li-s-saq¡m

Provenance
WH Cairn 9B and this inscription were rediscovered and photographed by the Badia Epigraphic Survey in 2018 and the co-ordinates given are exact.
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
#0011360
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