OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 1796

Siglum
WH 1796
Transliteration
l ʾgd bn ʿly [w] wr{d} {h-} hġnmtʿzgʿm
Translation
By ʾgd son of ʿly {and} {he came to a watering-place} {the} hġnmtʿzgʿm

Interpretation

Commentary
WH divide this into 1796a and b. The narrative of the text is difficult to interpret

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

  • 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
Genealogy, Watering
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0012649
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