WH 1807
Text Information
- Siglum
- WH 1807
- Transliteration
- l yṯʿ bn s²ddt h- wqʿt
- Translation
- Yṯʿ son of S²ddt is at this watering hole
Interpretation
- Apparatus Criticus
- WH: wqʾt [typing error for] wqʿt; "this rock" for "this watering hole"
- Commentary
- For the interpretation of wqʿt see Al-Jallad & Jaworska (in press).
- 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.
- Al-Jallad, A. & Jaworska, K.A. Dictionary and Grammar of the Safaitic Inscriptions. Volume I: Dictionary. Leiden: Brill, 2019
- Site
- WH Cairn 23, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
- Date Found
- 1958–1959
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subjects
- Genealogy, Watering
- Script
- Safaitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0012660
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