OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 1040

Text Information

Siglum
WH 1040
Transliteration
---- bn ʾkmd bn mnʿ bn qlṣ bn {h}{f}s¹ bn ṣf bn hdy bn ẓ----
Translation
---- son of ʾkmd son of Mnʿ son of Qlṣ son of Hfs¹ son of Ṣf son of Hdy son of Ẓ----

Interpretation

Commentary
Contra MCAM's earlier suggestion it is unlikely that 1040 is the continuation of 1039 because 1039 has left a gap in the middle of the first name where 1040 crosses it which implies that 1040 was written first.

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 12, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1958–1959
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0011840
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