OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 1685

Text Information

Siglum
WH 1685
Transliteration
l grmʾl bn ẓnʾl bn ʿlm bn grmʾl bn ḏʾb bn kn bn nʿmn w wgd ʾṯr ʿm -h f qṣ<<>>f
Translation
By Grmʾl son of Ẓnʾl son of ʿlm son of Grmʾl son of Ḏʾb son of Kn son of Nʿmn and he found the traces of his grandfather and so he was filled with sadness

Interpretation

Commentary
There is an extraneous n between the ṣ and the f of qṣf.

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 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
Finding inscription(s), Genealogy, Grieving, Relatives
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0012531
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