WH 72
Text Information
- Siglum
- WH 72
- Transliteration
- l qmṭ bn grmt bn ḏʾb w tẓr h- s¹----
- Translation
- By Qmṭ son of Grmt son of Ḏʾb and he watched the S¹----
Interpretation
- Apparatus Criticus
- WH: "By Qmṭ son of Grmt son of Ḏʾb and he was on the look-out for the r[ains]. (or he watched the s[ky]").
- Commentary
- Winnett's proposed reconstruction of the final word of this inscription is reasonable.
- 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
- Chiselled
- 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
- #0010816
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