OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 2036

Text Information

Siglum
WH 2036
Transliteration
l ʿnf bn grmt bn mġyr ḏ- ʾl wqrʾl w rʿy h- ḍʾn w wgm ʿl- ʾm -h
Translation
By ʿnf son of Grmt son of Mġyr of the tribr of Wqrʾl and he pastured the sheep, and grieved for his mother.

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
MNH p. 320 and n. 117: on pasturing sheep on edge of ḥarra/ḥamæd border.

Original Reading Credit
Ed. pr.

  • 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 27, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1958–1959
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0012901
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