WH 1757
Text Information
- Siglum
- WH 1757
- Transliteration
- l s¹{k}n bn ẓhr w ---- ʿrf nġṣ
- Translation
- By S¹bn son of Ẓhr and ---- he knew Nġṣ
Interpretation
- Apparatus Criticus
- WH: l s¹bn bn ẓhr w h-rqʾ nqm h-ʿrf nġṣ "By S¹bn son of Ẓhr. The great magician tormented the diviner who failed".
- Commentary
- The inscription is carved on a small face of the stone near the ground. Unfortunately the central part of the text is not visible on the photographs.
- 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
- OCIANA
- 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
- #0012610
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