WH 2405

Text Information

Siglum
WH 2405
Transliteration
l {h}ys¹r bn {{l}}gʾ bn {s²}{{z}}b
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Translation
By {Hys¹r} son of {Lgʾ} son of {S²zb}
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WH: lgʾ for {{l}}{{g}}; s²ṣb for {s²}{{z}}b
Commentary
The inscription has been vandalized by the addition of strokes to some of the letters and the hammering over of others (e.g. the first letters of the first and third names). The y of the first name, the l and the g of the second and the z (if that is what it is) of the third name have all had extra lines or dots added to them. In the third name, the circle at the top of the second letter, which WH read as ṣ, appears to be in a slightly different technique from that of the rest of the letter including the horizontal line at the bottom and we have therefore read it as z.

Editio Princeps
Ed. pr.

Associated Inscriptions
WH 2403–2404, 2406

  • [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
WH Cairn 34, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1958–1959
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0013283
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA