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WH 1700.1

Text Information

Siglum
WH 1700.1
Transliteration
l {ġ}yrʾl bn ---- w wld h- mʿzy b- h- dr w wgd ʾṯr ʾl ḍf f ngʿ
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

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.

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
OCIANA

  • 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
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0012547
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