Siglum: WH 54  Script: Safaitic

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Transliteration
l rġḍ bn mfny bn rmzn bn nʿmn bn whb w ḥll h- rḍt dṯʾ w ḫrṣ h- ḫl f h bʿls¹my s¹lm

Translation
By Rġd son of Mfny son of Rmzn son of Nʿmn son of Whb and he camped at this meadow in the season of the later rains and he was on the look out for the troop of horsemen so O Bʿls¹my [grant] security!

Apparatus Criticus
WH: w ḫrṣ h- ḫl "and he was on the lookout for the horses"
SadF p. 46: w ḫrṣ h- ḫl - "and he dressed the wound of H̲l" (wa ʿamal jarḥan l h- ḫl (ka-ʿamal ʿilāj¡)); or "he offered h- ḫl" (wa qaddama h- ḫl).

Commentary
Horse is widely attested in Safaitic as frs¹. H̲l probably refers more specifically to horsemen, as a collective noun. This would make more sense given the context of the inscription.

Subjects
Genealogy

Country: Jordan
Region: Al-Mafraq Governorate
Site: WH Cairn 2
Site number: 0
Latitude: 32.608405
Longitude: 37.962348
Present Location: in situ
Find date: 1958–1959
Field collector: F.V. Winnett & G.L. Harding
Notes: WH Cairn 2 and this inscription were rediscovered and photographed by the Badia Epigraphic Survey in 2018 and the co-ordinates given are exact.
Associated Inscriptions: WH 53, WH 55-60
Associated Remains: Cairn

References:
[WH] Winnett, F.V. & Harding, G.L. Inscriptions from Fifty Safaitic Cairns. (Near and Middle East Series, 9). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1978.

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