OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

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
Download Images