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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 1773

Text Information

Siglum
WH 1773
Transliteration
l mʿz bn ʾglḥ bn gr w wgm ʿl- ys¹lm
Translation
By Mʿz son of ʾglḥ son of Gr and he grieved for Ys¹lm

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 Drawings
A horseman piercing a lion with his lance
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
#0012627
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