OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 1868.2

Text Information

Siglum
WH 1868.2
Transliteration
l bnʾlfhm
Translation
By Bnʾlfhm

Interpretation

Commentary
WH divide this into two texts. It is impossible to see how WH achieved their reading of the second letter as h. The letters are faintly scratched on a rough surface. The name produced is bizarre but it is difficult to see how else the letters are to be interpreted.

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. (14189)
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0012723
Download Images