WH 1684
Text Information
- Siglum
- WH 1684
- Transliteration
- l r{s¹}ʾ bn mʿ{d}
- Translation
- By {Rs¹ʾ} son of {Mʿd}
Interpretation
- Apparatus Criticus
- WH: l {n}bh bn s¹ʿd for l r{s¹}ʾ bn mʿ{d}
- Commentary
- The inscription is roughly carved. However, on the photographs it can be seen that the second letter has a small hook at its base and is therefore almost certainly a r rather than a l (the lām auctoris has no hook). In the third letter the two lines come to a point suggesting that it is a s¹ rather than a b (compare the rounded b in bn). The upper fork of the ʾ crosses the z in WH 1683. The final letter has a small bulge halfway down the stem suggesting that it is a d.
- 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
- HIn p. 515
- Associated Signs
- Cartouche with 7 (?) lines crossing it.
- Associated Inscriptions
- WH 1682–1683
- 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
- #0012530
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