OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 2119

Text Information

Siglum
WH 2119
Transliteration
l ẓʿn bn ṣʿd bn ʾdm w rʿy h- ḍʾn f qṣf kb{r} f h lt ġyrt w nqʾt l- ḏ ʿwr
Translation
By Ẓʿn son of Ṣʿd son of ʾdm and he pastured the sheep and he mourned grievously. So O, lt, [grant] abundance, but [inflict] ejection from the grave on him who scratches out [the inscription].

Interpretation

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 28, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1958–1959
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0012985
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