WH 2538
Text Information
- Siglum
- WH 2538
- Transliteration
- l gḥfl b[n] ḥ{z}ʾ {b}[n] {ḥ}yḏ bn ʾḥd
- Translation
- By Gḥfl {son of} {Ḥzʾ} {son of} {Ḥyḏ} son of ʾḥd
Interpretation
- Commentary
- The author appears to have omitted the n in the first two examples of bn, if this is the correct reading. The second b[n] is much shallower than the others and first sight with the ḥ immediately below it resembles a Hismaic ḏ.
- 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
- On an adjoining face a text which WH did not publish.
- 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
- #0013430
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