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WH 1833

Siglum
WH 1833
Transliteration
l ʾwd bn ʿly
Translation
By ʾwd son of ʿly

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WH: ʿky but suggests that it is "a miscopy of ʿly"

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
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0012686
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