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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 1716

Siglum
WH 1716
Transliteration
----n bn ṣʿb bn ḏʾb bn nʿmn bn kn
Translation
{----n} son of Ṣʿb son of Ḏʾb son of Nʿmn son of Kn

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WH: l ṣʿb [b]{n} ḏʾb bn nʿmn bn ---- for ---- bn ṣʿb bn ḏʾb bn nʿmn bn kn
Commentary
The BES18 photograph shows that there was a name + bn before ṣʿb. The bn is clear and a n before it. There is a possibility that the name was nʿmn, but this is very uncertain. The photographs also show that the text ends with kn.

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.

  • 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
#0012563
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