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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 1843

Text Information

Siglum
WH 1843
Transliteration
l s¹dn bn ws¹mt
Translation
By S¹dn son of Ws¹mt

Interpretation

Commentary
The text is carved immediately below WH 1753. It is not clear why the two inscriptions are so widely separated in WH.

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
Ed. pr.

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
#0012696
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