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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 27

Text Information

Siglum
WH 27
Transliteration
l bls¹ bn ʾnʿm bn qdm w wgm ʿl- ʾbg----
Translation
By Bls¹ son of ʾnʿm son of Qdm and he grieved for ʾbg----

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WH 27: ʾ[bgr] for ʾbg----
Commentary
The first three letters of the final name are clear on the photograph. It is almost certainly ʾbgr in the context of WH 5 which is on the same face. [MCAM]

Provenance
Burquʿ
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

  • 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
#0010771
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