OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 61

Text Information

Siglum
WH 61
Transliteration
l s¹lmt bn ʿtk bn nks¹ bn s¹hwt bn mrʾ w h ḏs²ry s¹lm h- s¹nt
Translation
By S¹lmt son of ʿtk son of Nks¹ son of S¹hwt son of Mrʾ and O Ḏs²ry [grant] security this year

Interpretation

Provenance
WH Cairn 2 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.
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Scratched

Associated Remains
Cairn

  • 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 2, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1958–1959
Current Location
in situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0010806
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