WH 1781
Text Information
- Siglum
- WH 1781
- Transliteration
- l bḥṯn bn ngs² bn mḏy bn wqr w hy lt ʿyrt
- Translation
- By Bḥṯn son of Ngs² son of Mḏy son of Wqr and O Lt [grant] vengeance
Interpretation
- Apparatus Criticus
- WH: s¹ḏy (emended to "Mḏy" in the translation) for mḏy
- 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 Signs
- 7 lines within a cartouche, 11 lines joined by horizontal lines
- 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
- Deity, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Vengeance
- Script
- Safaitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0012635
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