OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 78

Text Information

Siglum
WH 78
Transliteration
l s¹mm bn ʿkk bn d----wt----ʿ{q}----h{r}qt
Translation
By S¹mm son of ʿkk son of {d----wt----ʿq----} {hrqt}

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WH 78: ʿd for ʿ{q}; hḥqt (or hrqt) for h{r}qt

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
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Scratched

Associated Signs
wasm
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
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0010822
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