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WH 622

Siglum
WH 622
Transliteration
l ġ{ḍ}n bn ʿwḏ bn s¹lm w qyẓ brkt w t[[]]ḫwf h lt s¹lm ḥrb f ṣ{r}{ṭ} ds²{r}
Translation
By Ġḍn son of ʿwḏ son of S¹lm and he spent the dry season at Brkt and little by little he was impoverished and O Lt [grant] security.

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
MST p. 9: w qyẓ brkt w tḫ{w}f - and he spent the dry season at Brkt and little by little he was impoverished; n. 47: this should be read as a separate text from WH 622 [i.e. from what has been read by the SD as WH 623]

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
OCIANA

  • Winnett, F.V. & Harding, G.L. Inscriptions from Fifty Safaitic Cairns. (Near and Middle East Series, 9). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1978.
  • Macdonald, M.C.A. The Seasons and Transhumance in the Safaitic Inscriptions. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland 3rd. series, 2, 1992: 1-11.
Site
WH Cairn 9B, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1958–1959
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0011404
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