OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 144

Text Information

Siglum
WH 144
Transliteration
l hwd bn ʿbd bn drh bn ʿnq w wgm ʿl- ḥbb -h
Translation
By Hwd son ʿbd son of Drh son of ʿnq and he grieved for his beloved

Interpretation

Provenance
Burquʿ
Original Reading Credit
Ed. pr.
Original Translation Credit
Ed. pr.

Technique
Chiselled

Associated Drawings
a trident with eight intersecting lines along the shaft
Associated Remains
Cairn

  • 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 4, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1958–1959
Current Location
in situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0010896
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