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WH 1760

Siglum
WH 1760
Transliteration
l ʾrs² bn ḥl----{y}ḥy{w}ʿy{b}
Translation
By ʾrs² son of Ḥl----{y}ḥy{w}ʿy{b}

Interpretation

Commentary
This was published as WH 1760 a and 1760 b. The text starts immediately above WH 1761, but then turns onto a adjacent face, where some of the letters have been vandalized and it is difficult to make sense of the rest. What WH read as the m of gṯm (WH 1760 a) is almost certainly an extraneous mark and there is another to the left of the final letters of the 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
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Associated Inscriptions
WH 1757–1759, 1761

  • 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
#0012613
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