WH 1700.1

Siglum
WH 1700.1
Transliteration
l {ġ}yrʾl bn ---- w wld h- mʿzy b- h- dr w wgd ʾṯr ʾl ḍf f ngʿ
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Translation
---- and he helped the goats give birth in this place and he found traces of the ʾl Ḍf and so he grieved in pain
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
The text is carved across the middle of the face between lines 1 and 2 of WH 1700. It has been damaged by hammering and scratching in many places, some of which has occurred between when WH's black-and-white photograph (1958–1959) and the Badia Epigraphic Survey's (2018) were taken.

Editio Princeps
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  • [WH] 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
Old OCIANA ID
#0012547
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA

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OCIANA. 'WH 1700.1.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/31080. Accessed: 12 Jun, 2025.