OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 21

Text Information

Siglum
WH 21
Transliteration
l nṣr bn whbʾl ḏ- ʾl ḍf mn- ʾl qnʾl
Translation
By Nṣr son of Whbʾl of the lineage of Ḍf of the family of Qnʾl

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
MNH pp. 352-353 and n. 312: on ḏ- ʾl ḍf mn- ʾl qnʾl and tribes.

Provenance
WH Cairn 1 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
Chiselled

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
WH Cairn 1, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1958–1959
Current Location
in situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0010765
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