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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 2355

Siglum
WH 2355
Transliteration
l yḫld bn ʿrt w rḍw s¹ʿd -h w
Translation
By Yḫld son of ʿrt and O Rḍw help him and

Interpretation

Commentary
NB is this a mater lectionis suggesting a long º in the pronominal suffix (-hw as in South Arabian?) as implied by WH's reading or simply an unfinished inscription? NB the form of the ḍ.

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 34, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1958–1959
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0013228
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