WH 1708
Text Information
- 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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