OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 75

Text Information

Siglum
WH 75
Transliteration
l ġzy bn whbʾl w rʿy f h rḍy s¹lm
Translation
By Ġzy son of Whbʾl and he pastured so O Rḍy [grant] security!

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

Name Distinguished
Larger + chiselled/scratched
Technique
Chiselled & 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
#0010819
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