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WH 1866

Text Information

Siglum
WH 1866
Transliteration
l grmʾl bn {ṣ}hl bn grmʾl
Translation
By Grmʾl son of {Ṣhl} son of Grmʾl

Interpretation

Commentary
This is the only one of these four texts in which the first letter of the patronym looks lie a ṣ though even here the loop is not quite closed.

Original Reading Credit
OCIANA

  • 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 25, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1958–1959
Current Location
Amman Museum J. (14190)
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0012719
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