WH 1725
Text Information
- Siglum
- WH 1725
- Transliteration
- l s¹lm bn mn bn s¹lm bn bdr bn ḏn ḏ- ʾl ʿbs²t w wld h- mʿzy f h lt s¹lm w wgm ʿl- mnʾl bn -h trḥ w bʾs¹ m ẓll
- Translation
- By S¹lm son of Mn son of S¹lm son of Bdr son of Ḏn of the tribe of ʿbs²t and he helped the goats bring forth and so O Lt [grant] security. And he mourned for Mnʾl his son who had died and despair for those who remain
Interpretation
- Commentary
- This inscription was published WH 1725 a.
- 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
- OCIANA
- Associated Signs
- Below the inscription scattered letters
- 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
- Subjects
- Domestic animals, Genealogy, Grieving, Isolated Prayer, Lineage, Relatives
- Script
- Safaitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0012573
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