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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 2809

Siglum
WH 2809
Transliteration
l mḥdl bn rmʾl w ngʿ f h {l}t rwḥ ʿwr ḏ ʿ{w}r----
Translation
By Mḥdl son of Rmʾl and he grieved in pain, so, O {Lt} [grant] relief [and] blind whoever scratches out [the inscription]

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WH: f h lt nʿm for f h {l}t rwḥ ʿwr ḏ ʿ{w}r----

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
Ed. pr.

Associated Inscriptions

  • 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
#0013709
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