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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 1809

Text Information

Siglum
WH 1809
Transliteration
l ydʿ bn yʿṯy
Translation
By Ydʿ son of Yʿṯy

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WH: yʿṯy in the reading emended to "Yʿ(l)y" in the translation

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 Drawings
WH 1808, 1810

  • 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
#0012662
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