OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WTI 84

Text Information

Siglum
WTI 84
Alternative Sigla
King 1990: 681
Transliteration
l mr bn mḥlm ḏ- ʾl grm w wgm ʿl ʾb -h w ʿl ʾys¹ w ʿl yġṯ w ʿl ġyrʾl
Translation
By Mr son of Mḥlm of the lineage of Grm and he grieved for his father and for ʾys¹ and for Yġṯ and for Ġyrʾl

Interpretation

Original Reading Credit
Winnett & Reed 1970: 135
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

  • Winnett, F.V. & Reed, W.L. Ancient Records from North Arabia. with contributions by J.T. Milik and J. Starcky. (Near and Middle East Series, 6). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1970. pp 135 Plate 7, 17
  • King, G.M.H. Early North Arabian Thamudic E. A preliminary description based on a new corpus of inscriptions from the Ḥismā desert of southern Jordan and published material. Ph.D thesis, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 1990. [Unpublished]. 1990.
Site
Iṯrah, upper Wādī al-Sirḥān, Al-Ǧawf (Al-Jawf) Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Genealogy, Grieving, Lineage, Relatives
Script
Mixed Safaitic/Hismaic
Old OCIANA ID
#0052062
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