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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 2472

Text Information

Siglum
WH 2472
Transliteration
l fhrn bn ṯʿr w ḥwb ʿl- ḥbb -h
Translation
By Fhrn son of Ṯʿr and he wept with grief for his loved one

Interpretation

Provenance
WH Cairn 34 and this inscription were rediscovered and photographed by the Badia Epigraphic Survey in 2018 and the co-ordinates given are exact.
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA

Associated Inscriptions
WH 2469–2471, 2473–2473.1

  • 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
Subjects
Genealogy, Grieving
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0013353
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