WH 1681
Text Information
- Siglum
- WH 1681
- Transliteration
- l grmʾl bn ẓnʾl bn ʿlm bn {g}{r}mʾl bn ḏʾb bn kn w wgd ʾṯr ʿm -h ʿlm w grmʾl ʿm -h f qṣf w ʾs²yʿ -h
- Translation
- By Grmʾl son of Ẓnʾl son of ʿlm son of Grmʾl son of Ḏʾb son of Kn and he found the traces of his grandfather ʿlm and Grmʾl his great-grandfather and was sad he and his companions
Interpretation
- Commentary
- As WH points out (p. 269), this text shows that the word ʿm in Safaitic was used for both "grandfather" and "great grandfather".
- 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.
- 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
- Subjects
- Finding inscription(s), Genealogy, Relatives
- Script
- Safaitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0012527
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