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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 2174

Text Information

Siglum
WH 2174
Transliteration
l nġft bn ʾlh bn zʿkrt bn ḥm bn nġft <<>>ḏ- ʾl gr
Translation
By Nġft son of ʾlh son of Zʿkrt son of Ḥm son of Nġft of the lineage of Gr

Interpretation

Commentary
The author wrote ḏ and unfinished g (?) in line with the previous two names and then scratched out the g (but not apparently the ḏ). He then wrote another ḏ at right angles to the previous one and continued the text on that axis..

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 30, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1958–1959
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0013040
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