WH 1881
Text Information
- Siglum
- WH 1881
- Transliteration
- l ʿrs¹{y} bn grgrl
- Translation
- By {ʿrs¹y} son of Grgrl
Interpretation
- Commentary
- Although the second name is bizarre it is clear on the photograph. In this name the fifth letter (a straight vertical line) is clearly differenciated from the second and fourth letters (straight vertical lines with a curve at the top). The fifth can only be a l which suggests that the second and fourth must be r's. The first three letters of the text are more crudely formed than the rest and this may account for the differences between on the one hand the lām auctoris and the r of ʿrs¹y and on the other the r's and l of the second name.
- 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
- In situ
- Subject
- Genealogy
- Script
- Safaitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0012739
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