WH 1697
Text Information
- Siglum
- WH 1697
- Transliteration
- l wd bn ẓnʾl bn ḫlṣ w wld h- mʿzy f h lt s¹lm
- Translation
- By Wd son of Ẓnʾl son of Ḫlṣ and he helped the goats give birth and so O Lt [grant] security
Interpretation
- Commentary
- The author originally carved the goddess's name as lṭ and then corrected it to lt.
- 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 Drawings
- A strange stick-figure animal.
- 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
- Deity, Domestic animals, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer
- Script
- Safaitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0012543
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