OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 26

Text Information

Siglum
WH 26
Transliteration
l bnʾnhb bn ʾs¹ḥm bn gbl w rʿy
Translation
By Bnʾnhb son of ʾs¹ḥm son of Gbl and he pastured

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WH have mistakenly omitted bn following ʾs¹ḥm in their reading, although it is clear on the copy.
Commentary
rʿy looks more like bʿy [MCAM]

Provenance
Burquʿ
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Copy only

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
#0010770
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