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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 1755

Text Information

Siglum
WH 1755
Transliteration
l ʾḥwr bn ʾs¹ḫr h- dr
Translation
By ʾḥwr son of ʾs¹ḫr was here

Interpretation

Commentary
NB the patronym ʾs¹ḫr is shared by WH 1754 and 1755 but h- dr is beside 1755 and seems to belong to this text.

Provenance
WH Cairn 23 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 23, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1958–1959
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0012608
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