OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 1756

Siglum
WH 1756
Transliteration
l ʾs¹ḫr bn ġmd w ḥwb
Translation
By ʾs¹ḫr son of Ġmd and he wept with grief

Interpretation

Commentary
It appears that the original text was l ʾs¹ḫr w ḥwb and that bn ġmd was added later. The b, n and are tiny in relation to the other letters and the n and m are scratched rather than direct hammered.

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
WH 1754–1755

  • 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
Subjects
Genealogy, Grieving
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0012609
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