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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 599

Text Information

Siglum
WH 599
Transliteration
l qddm bn qym w nẓr bʿd h- ms¹rt f h lt s¹lm
Translation
By Qddm son of Qym and he was on the look-out behind the camp, so O Lt [grant] security

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
MNH p. 374: ms¹rt has a similar range of meanings to Syriac ma©r¡ṯæ “ camp ” and "troop army host ”.

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
#0011379
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