WH 1878
Text Information
- Siglum
- WH 1878
- Transliteration
- l {h}b bn mkbl
- Translation
- By {Hb} son of Mkbl
Interpretation
- Commentary
- The top of the second letter has been damaged and it is not certain whether it is a ʾ a ṣ or a h. The m of the second name has been filled in with careful pecking. The position of the k is curious. It does not seem to have been omitted and then inserted since there is space enough for it between the m and the b. On the other hand it is completely in the style of this text and is unlikely to belong to the end of 1877. On their facsimile WH omit the side-stroke and join it to the final lette rof 1877.
- Original Reading Credit
- OCIANA
- Special Features
- Letter decoration
- Special Letter Forms
- The interior of the m has been filled in with careful pecking.
- 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
- In situ
- Subject
- Genealogy
- Script
- Safaitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0012734
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