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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

AAWHA 53

Text Information

Siglum
AAWHA 53
Transliteration
l ʾmy bn hnʾ bn ġrzt bn ḍhdt bn wqṣl bn ʿmm h- ṣwy w rʿy
Translation
By ʾmy son of Hnʾ son of Ġrzt son of Ḍhdt son of Wqṣl son of ʿmm is this cairn and he pastured

Interpretation

Associated Signs
7 lines, two "wheels" each apparently with 14 spokes. It appears that in the one on the left the author placed the spokes too close together and so had to leave a space (now partly damaged) at the top. The inscription is surrounded by a cartouche.

  • Inscriptions recorded by Ali Al-Manaser in a tributary of Wādī al-Ḫuḍarī in September 2022
Site
Wādī al-Ḫuḍarī area, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
15/09/2022
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Genealogy, Pasturing, Structure
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0057627
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