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WH 168

Siglum
WH 168
Transliteration
l ḥṣṣ bn bnṣrh bn rkb ġnm m- bṭ
Translation
By Ḥṣṣ son of Bnṣrh son of Rkb. He carried off booty from {the Nabataeans}

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
MNBS p. 111 n. 66: on Knauf and references to nbṭ.
Commentary
WH suggest that bṭ is an error for mnbṭ, which occurs in WH 158. Otherwise, bṭ must be interpreted as a tribe or place name.

Provenance
Burquʿ
Original Reading Credit
Ed. pr.
Original Translation Credit
Ed. pr.

Technique
Copy only

Associated Signs
a line intersecting two diamonds on the top and one diamond on the bottom end (also occurs with a Thamudic inscription (see van den Branden, Les textes thamoudéens de Philby, II 348).
Associated Remains
Cairn

  • Winnett, F.V. & Harding, G.L. Inscriptions from Fifty Safaitic Cairns. (Near and Middle East Series, 9). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1978.
Site
Wādī al-Ġuṣayn Cairn 7, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1958–1959
Current Location
in situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0010922
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