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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 1821

Text Information

Siglum
WH 1821
Transliteration
l mrt<<>> bn s¹lm
Translation
By Mrt son of S¹lm

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WH: s¹{l}{l} for s¹lm
Commentary
The final m has been scratched over but is still visible. Below it are three extraneous marks, two straight and one curved.

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 Inscriptions
WH 1820–1820.1, 1822

  • 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
#0012674
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