OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 2806

Text Information

Siglum
WH 2806
Alternative Sigla
WH 1726
Transliteration
l gfft bn khl bn ʾlf bn mrʾ bn qs¹m w ḫrṣ s¹qm mʿṣt f h lt rwḥ
Translation
By Gfft son of Khl son of ʾlf son of Mrʾ son of Qs¹m and he was on the look-out while sick with a stomach-ache [or " a sprained ankle"], so O Lt, [grant] relief

Interpretation

Commentary
This inscription was numbered twice, once as WH 1726 and once as WH 2806. The first two letters can be made out on the photograph.

Provenance
WH Cairn 22 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

  • 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 22, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1958–1959
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0013705
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