OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 42

Text Information

Siglum
WH 42
Transliteration
l ġḍbt bn hʿḏr {b}n s¹lt
Translation
By Ġḍbt son of Hʿḏr {son of} S¹lt

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WH: l ġḍbt bn hʿḏr n s¹lt "Ġḍbt son of Hʿḏr has camels for breeding"
Commentary
The b of the second bn is just visible on the crack.

Provenance
Burquʿ
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Direct hammered

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
#0010787
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