OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 1794

Text Information

Siglum
WH 1794
Transliteration
l ʾdd bn ʿ{l}{y}
Translation
By ʾdd son of {ʿly}

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WH: l ʾdd only.

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
wavy lines and a cartouche around WH 1792–1794
Associated Drawings
A small animal, probably a felid, drawn in outline and filled in with stripes.
Associated Inscriptions
1792–1793, 1794.1–1794.3

  • 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
#0012647
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