OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 695

Siglum
WH 695
Transliteration
l ḏl bn rbn h rḍy s¹ʿd<-h>
Translation
By Ḏl son of Rbn and O Rḍy help {him}

Interpretation

Commentary
The ḍ has the form of a ṭ as is known from a few other inscriptions. It is not known whether this represents a variant in pronunciation, a graphic variant, or a mistake by the author. The author carved a y rather than a -h for the last letter.

Provenance
WH Cairn 10 and this inscription were rediscovered and photographed by the Badia Epigraphic Survey in 2018 and the co-ordinates given are exact.

  • 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 10, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1958–1959
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Genealogy, Isolated Prayer
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0011479
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