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WH 1710

Siglum
WH 1710
Transliteration
l frʾ bn ḍbʿ bn ʿḏr bn ḥrt
Translation
By Frʾ son of Ḍbʿ son of ʿḏr son of Ḥrt

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WH: ḏr for ʿḏr

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
1708–1709; 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
#0012557
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