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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 1274

Text Information

Siglum
WH 1274
Transliteration
l ḥwl bn ḥwl bn lḥyn bn wʿr {w} ----m {ʿ}{l} -----
Translation
By Ḥwl son of Ḥwl son of Lḥyn son of Wʿr {and} [he grieved for]

Interpretation

Commentary
A chip in the rock has resulted in the loss of the beginning of the statement and the text continues onto the side of the stone which unfortunately was not photographed.

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
Amman Museum J. (13215)
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0012087
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