OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 1699

Siglum
WH 1699
Transliteration
l ʾs¹ bn ʾmn bn bhʾ w rʿy h- qnwt bql
Translation
By ʾs¹ son of ʾmn son of Bhʾ and he pastured the livestock on spring vegetation

Interpretation

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 Signs
Cartouche and 4 circles
Associated Inscriptions
WH 1700–1700.1

  • 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
Domestic animals, Genealogy, Pasturing, Plants
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0012545
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