WH 1709
Text Information
- Siglum
- WH 1709
- Transliteration
- l ʿḏn b{n} l{ḥ}yt
- Translation
- By ʿḏn {son of} {Lḥyt}
Interpretation
- Commentary
- The text has been badly damaged by the carving of modern Arabic graffiti over it and the hammering over of the ḥ in the second name. This probably occurred after WH made their copy of the text.
- 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
- 1708, 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
- #0012556
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