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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 1696

Text Information

Siglum
WH 1696
Transliteration
l grmʾl bn ġyrʾl bn ṣbḥ w ḫrṣ ʾḫw -h f s²ʿhqm ʾʿly l- -h mʿn m- bʾs¹
Translation
By Grmʾl son of Ġyrʾl son of Ṣbḥ and he was on the look-out for his two brothers, so, S²ʿhqm, bring them help against misfortune.

Interpretation

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
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0012542
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