OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 1102.2

Text Information

Siglum
WH 1102.2
Transliteration
gnn bn ḫl bn {l}s²ms¹ w b(n)y h- rgm
Translation
Gnn son of Ḫl son of {Ls²ms¹} and he built(?) the cairn

Interpretation

Commentary
It seems likely that bʿy is a copyist's error for bny.

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 15, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1958–1959
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Building, Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0011905
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