OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 1898

Text Information

Siglum
WH 1898
Transliteration
l ġyrʾl bn ẓnn bn ʾs¹lm bn ẓnn bn ḥy bn gnʾl bn whb bn s¹b [[]]
Translation
By Ġyrʾl son of Ẓnn son of ʾs¹lm son of Ẓnn son of Ḥy son of Gnʾl son of Whb son of S¹b

Interpretation

Commentary
A f was written after the last name but has been scratched over.

Original Reading Credit
SIAM.II p. 196 207 n.37

  • 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 26, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1958–1959
Current Location
Amman Museum J. (14195)
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0012757
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