WH 1756
Text Information
- 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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