WH 2500
Text Information
- Siglum
- WH 2500
- Transliteration
- l mlkt bn yʿmrn bn zd
- Translation
- By Mlkt son of Yʿmrn son of Zd
Interpretation
- Commentary
- The line which looks like a y at the end of the inscription is in fact part of the symbol of seven dots and a line which is also found at the beginning of WH 2501 on the same face.
- 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 Drawings
- 7 dots and a line.
- Associated Inscriptions
- Winnett, F.V. & Harding, G.L. Inscriptions from Fifty Safaitic Cairns. (Near and Middle East Series, 9). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1978.
- Inscriptions recorded during the Badia Epigraphic Survey 2018 and published here
- Site
- WH Cairn 34, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
- Date Found
- 1958–1959
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subject
- Genealogy
- Script
- Safaitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0013388
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