WH 589
Text Information
- Siglum
- WH 589
- Transliteration
- l ʾbgr bn ḫṭs¹t bn ʾnʿm bn ḫṭs¹t w ʾs²r[[]]q l-<<>> mdbr {f} h {g}dḍ{f} s¹lm
- Translation
- By ʾbgr son of Ḫṭs¹t son of ʾnʿm son of Ḫṭs¹t and he {he migrated to the inner desert} {and so O} {Gdḍf} [grant] security
Interpretation
- Commentary
- The s² in ʾs²rq has been crossed out. The author wrote ll mdbr, but since mdbr does not normally take the article this cannot be an example of an ʾl- definite article.
- 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 9B, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
- Date Found
- 1958–1959
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subjects
- Deity, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Place-name, Transhumance
- Script
- Safaitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0011367
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