WH 5
Text Information
- Siglum
- WH 5
- Transliteration
- l ḏʾb bn ʿbd bn ḍhd w wgm ʿl- ʾbgr ḏ- ʾl ḍf
- Translation
- By Ḏʾb son of ʿbd son of Ḍhd and he grieved for ʾbgr of the lineage of Ḍf
Interpretation
- Provenance
- WH Cairn1 and this inscription were rediscovered and photographed by the Badia Epigraphic Survey in 2018 and the co-ordinates given are exact.
- Original Reading Credit
- Ed. pr.
- Original Translation Credit
- Ed. pr.
- Technique
- Scratched
- Associated Signs
- partial cartouche
- Associated Remains
- Cairn
- Associated Inscriptions
- Winnett, F.V. & Harding, G.L. Inscriptions from Fifty Safaitic Cairns. (Near and Middle East Series, 9). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1978.
- Site
- WH Cairn 1, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
- Date Found
- 1958–1959
- Current Location
- in situ
- Subject
- Genealogy
- Script
- Safaitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0010749
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