OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 1900

Siglum
WH 1900
Transliteration
l ʾs¹d bn s¹lm bn qrṣ bn ʾs¹d w wrʾ f ʿqdt m- rḥbt h- ʾġnm
Translation
By ʾs¹d son of S¹lm son of Qrṣ son of ʾs¹d and he remained behind because the goats were prevented from entering Rḥbt.

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
SIJ 1900: bn ʾs¹ for bn ʾs¹d. NAEN I p. 34. n. 12: probable that this is another reference to movement from rḥbt.

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 26, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1958–1959
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0012759
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