WH 112
Text Information
- Siglum
- WH 112
- Transliteration
- l ʾnʿm bn ʿ{l}{y} bn ----m bn ḏkr
- Translation
- By ʾnʿm son of {ʿly} son of {----m} son of Ḏkr
Interpretation
- Apparatus Criticus
- WH: ʿly for ʿ{l}{y}
- Commentary
- It is difficult to justify the loop on the final letter of the second name. The letter preceding it, {l}, has a similar loop, but reading it as y would produce the unattested name ʿyy. On the other hand, it is possible to read both as l, producing the name ʿll.
- Provenance
- Burquʿ
- Original Reading Credit
- Ed. pr.
- Original Translation Credit
- Ed. pr.
- Technique
- Chiselled
- 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
- #0010856
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