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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 1714

Text Information

Siglum
WH 1714
Transliteration
l gmr bn s²ʿr bn gmr bn s²ʿr
Translation
By Gmr son of S²ʿr son of Gmr son of S²ʿr

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WH: fʿr (in transliteration) s²ʿr (in translation)
Commentary
The s² of the final name is clear on the photograph.

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
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Associated Inscriptions
WH 1677–1678

  • 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
#0012561
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