WH 98
Text Information
- Siglum
- WH 98
- Transliteration
- l khl bn lbʾt
- Translation
- By Khl son of Lbʾt
Interpretation
- Commentary
- The second letter appears to have two loops, much like a ṯ and the l is actually curved, opening to the left, like an r. If these irregularities are not due to a lazy hand or damage, they might suggest that the first name should be read as ṯhr, perhaps a variant of ṯʾr.
- 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
- Ed. pr.
- Technique
- 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
- #0010842
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