OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 166

Text Information

Siglum
WH 166
Transliteration
l ʾtm bn ʿn bn ẓʿn w bny l- ʾḫ -h h- bly
Translation
By ʾtm son of ʿn son of Ẓʿn and he set up this Baliyya for his brother

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WH: Translation of narrative "...he built this tomb for his brother"
Commentary
See the commentary of WH 163 for discussion.

Provenance
WH Cairn 7 and this inscription were rediscovered and photographed by the Badia Epigraphic Survey in 2018 and the co-ordinates given are exact.
Original Reading Credit
Ed. pr.
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Incised

Associated Remains
Cairn
Associated Inscriptions
WH 163-165

  • 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 7, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1958–1959
Current Location
in situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0010920
Download Images