WH 1762
Text Information
- Siglum
- WH 1762
- Transliteration
- l ḍhdt bn s¹dy h- dmyt
- Translation
- By Ḍhdt son of S¹dy is the drawing
Interpretation
- 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 Signs
- Cartouche
- Associated Drawings
- Two women drawing out their hair, an ostrich (?), and a camel, all pecked, plus three gazelles in outline.
- 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
- Subjects
- Drawing of a domestic animal, Drawing of a wild animal, Drawing of entertainment, Genealogy
- Script
- Safaitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0012616
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