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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 1708

Siglum
WH 1708
Transliteration
l fḥl bn wrm{h}
Translation
By Fḥl son of {Wrmh}

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WH: grmh for wrm{h}
Commentary
It is possible that the crossbar in the w post-dates WH's copying of the inscription as does most if not all of the Modern Arabic graffiti. An extra side-stroke has been added to the final h.

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 Inscriptions
1709–1710; several modern Arabic graffiti

  • 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
#0012555
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