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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 1682

Text Information

Siglum
WH 1682
Transliteration
l tmlh bn nhb bn zgr w wld h- mʿzy b- h- dr w qnṭ h- s²[n][ʾ]
Translation
By Tmlh son of Nhb son of Zgr he helped the goats to give birth here and {enemies} drove him to despair

Interpretation

Commentary
The inscription is unfinished.

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
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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 21, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1958–1959
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Domestic animals, Genealogy, Present in a place
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0012528
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