WH 1232
Text Information
- Siglum
- WH 1232
- Transliteration
- l ʾʿtl bn ʿmr bn zʿkrt bn nġft bn ʾlh ḏ- ʾl gr w dṯʾ w kmʾ w wgm ʿl- s¹r w ʿl- ʾs¹ḫr bn ʿmr
- Translation
- By ʾʿtl son of ʿmr son of Zʿkrt son of Nġft son of ʾlh of the lineage of Gr and he spent the season of the later rains [here] and fed on truffles and he grieved for S¹r and for ʾs¹ḫr son of ʿmr
Interpretation
- 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
- Ed. pr.
- 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
- Subjects
- Genealogy, Grieving, Lineage, Plants, Season
- Script
- Safaitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0012043
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