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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 792

Text Information

Siglum
WH 792
Transliteration
l ʾs¹ bn s²ḥl bn tm bn mfny bn nʿmn bn whb bn s¹b bn ʿḏrʾl bn ġḍḍ[t] bn ʾnḍt w ḥll h- dr
Translation
By ʾs¹ son of S²ḥl son of Tm son of Mfny son of Nʿmn son of Whb son of S¹b son of ʿḏrʾl son of {Ġḍḍt} son of ʾnḍt and he camped here

Interpretation

Commentary
We know from other examples of this genealogy that the penultimate name should be ġḍḍt and so have restored the t here.

Original Reading 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 11, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1958–1959
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0011580
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