WH 1758
Text Information
- Siglum
- WH 1758
- Transliteration
- l ḏʾbt bn ḥr
- Translation
- By {Ḍʾbt} son of Ḥr
Interpretation
- Apparatus Criticus
- WH: ḥl for ḥr
- Commentary
- Note that the lām auctoris has no hook, whereas the final letter has one hook and must be a r rather than a l as read by WH.
- 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 Drawings
- Two oryx confronting a man on foot with a bow and arrow.
- 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
- #0012611
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