WH 1780
Text Information
- Siglum
- WH 1780
- Transliteration
- l s¹r bn ʾls¹ bn s¹r w wgm ʿl- ʾḫ -h w {ʿ}{ṯ}{ʾ} w ḥll
- Translation
- By S¹r son of ʾls¹ son of S¹r and he grieved for his brother and {ʿṭʾ} and he camped
Interpretation
- Apparatus Criticus
- WH did not record w {ʿ}{ṯ}ṣ w ḥll
- Commentary
- The letters between ʾḫ-h and w ḥll are damaged.
- 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.
- 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
- Camping, Genealogy, Grieving, Relatives
- Script
- Safaitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0012634
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