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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 66

Siglum
WH 66
Transliteration
l ʾdm bn ḫrʿt w tẓr
Translation
By ʾdm son of H̲rʿt and he was waiting

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WH: tẓr "he was on the look-out"

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
Associated Inscriptions

  • 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
#0010810
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