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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 1832

Siglum
WH 1832
Transliteration
l ʾn w ḍrṭ b- ḏ{w}l
Translation
By ʾn and he farted in Ḏwl

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WH: l ʾnw---- bn nr h- ʿr "The ass [?] is by ʾnw son of Nr"
Commentary
After the first four letters the text is scratched over but the reading seems certain even though it is difficult to interpret the last four letters. There is no drawing of an ass which might support WH's reading.

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 Signs
WH 1832–1834 + 6 lines and possibly a stick-figure human enclosed in a cartouche
Associated Inscriptions

  • 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, Insults
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0012685
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