WH 2322

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WH 2322
Transliteration
l mdṭ < b >< n > < n >ṣr bn < ṣ > ḥmʾl {h-} ḥ----
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Translation
By Mdṭ {son of} {Nṣr} son of {Ṣḥmʾl} is {the} ----
Michael C.A. Macdonald
Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus

WH 2322 l mdṭ {s} ṭṣr bn ṯḥmʾl zḥl  Translation: By Md{t} {son of} {T}ṣr son of {Y}ḥmʾl. He has moved away

Commentary

WH emended the text in several places, assuming the author made several mistakes "employing the ṭ-sign for Ṯ and the ṯ-sign for y and writing the first bn incorrectly, the n being written across the b." In fact, there are several other Safaitic texts in which the b of bn has a stroke across it, making it look like a ḥ (e.g. WH 1631, 2484, 2662, etc.). The letters after {ṣ}ḥmʾl are unclear on the photograph. 

Michael C.A. Macdonald

Editio Princeps
Winnett and Harding 1978
Field Collector
Fred V. Winnett & Gerald Lankester Harding

Special Letter Forms
b of bn with a line across it
Technique
light incision
Direction of Script
left to right and downwards

  • [WH] Winnett, F.V. & Harding, G.L. Inscriptions from Fifty Safaitic Cairns. (Near and Middle East Series, 9). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1978.
Site
Farʿ Wādī Maḥdath, WH Cairn 34, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1958–1959
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0013194
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Updated 07 Apr, 2026 by Ahmad Al-Jallad

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Michael C.A. Macdonald, 'WH 2322,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 07 Apr, 2026. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/31652. Accessed: 11 May, 2026.