WH 89

Siglum
WH 89
Transliteration
l gḥfl bn ḫld bn mʿ{l}l bn----
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Translation
By Gḥfl son of H̲ld son of {Mʿll} son of ----
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WH: "mʿll ?"
Commentary
The third letter of the final name could also be read as a d. This would produce a previously unattested but etymologically sound, name, mʿdl, while mʿll is known. WH suggest that this name could be read as mʿdn, but the final letter is clearly a l.

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Chiselled
Direction of Script
Horizontal line left to right

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
#0010833
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