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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 77

Text Information

Siglum
WH 77
Transliteration
l ʿbd bn ġṯ bn whblh bn nʿmn ḏ- ʾl s¹b w ṣyr mn dyr n{s¹/ḫ}ʾn{s²/f}g f h lt----
Translation
By ʿbd son of Ġṯ son of Whblh son of Nʿmn of the lineage of S¹b and he has returned to permanent water from {dyr n{s¹/ḫ}ʾn{s²/f}g} so O Lt----

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WH: l ʿbd bn ġṯ bn whblh bn nʿmn ḏʾl s¹b wṣyr mndy rn(ḫ) ʾns²g f h lt [slm] "...he has returned from Ndy which streams of water have drenched"

Provenance
Burquʿ
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
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
#0010821
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