WH 68

Text Information

Siglum
WH 68
Transliteration
l ḥrb bn ẓnn w tẓr m----
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Translation
By Ḥrb son of Ẓnn and he awaited m----
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WH: m---- "F[ate]"
Commentary
WH restores the final word of this inscription as m[ny], Classical Arabic manan, pl. manāyā, "fate, death", based on the attestation of this expression in WH 287.

Editio Princeps
Ed. pr.

Technique
Chiselled
Direction of Script
Curving

Associated Remains
Cairn
Associated Inscriptions

  • [WH] 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
Old OCIANA ID
#0010812
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA