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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