OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 1676

Text Information

Siglum
WH 1676
Transliteration
l ʿwḏ bn rbn bn {b}{s¹}ʾ bn ʾs¹d
Translation
By ʿwḏ son of Rbn son of {Bs¹ʾ} son of ʾs¹d

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WH: ggʾ (in transliteration) {b}{s¹}ʾ (in translation)
Commentary
The inscription has been vandalized with most of the letters changed.

Provenance
WH Cairn 21 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.

Associated Drawings
A tiny drawing of an animal ?

  • 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 21, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1958–1959
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0012521
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