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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 1903

Text Information

Siglum
WH 1903
Transliteration
l rbʾl bn ʾnʿm bn ms¹k w ḏkr ḥbr
Translation
By Rbʾl son of ʾnʿm son of Ms¹k and he remembered Ḥbr

Interpretation

Commentary
Note the difference between the rounded shape of the b's and the angular r's. The final word nʿm in WH's reading is invisible on the photographs.

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
Amman Museum J. (14178)
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0012762
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