WH 1221
Text Information
- Siglum
- WH 1221
- Transliteration
- l nṣr bn ḫrg bn s¹bʾʿl bn s¹m{r}
- Translation
- By Nṣr son of Ḫrg son of S¹bʾʿl son of {S¹mr}
Interpretation
- Commentary
- WH misread the third name as s¹bʿʾl and their copy of the last bn + name is inaccurate. The s¹ is exactly the same as that in s¹bʿʾl
- Provenance
- WH Cairn 17 and this inscription were rediscovered and photographed by the Badia Epigraphic Survey in 2018 and the co-ordinates given are exact.
- 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 17, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
- Date Found
- 1958–1959
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subject
- Genealogy
- Script
- Safaitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0012032
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