WH 189
Text Information
- Siglum
- WH 189
- Transliteration
-
l ʿry bn ġrb bn ʿn w wrd h- my
OCIANA
- Translation
-
By ʿry son of Ġrb son of ʿn and he came to the well
OCIANA
- Language and Script
- Safaitic
Interpretation
- Apparatus Criticus
- WH: translation of the narrative: "he has gone down to the water"
- Commentary
- In Arabic, māʾ can also mean 'well' when used in conjunction with warada. The exact expression occurs in Qurʾān 28:23: wa lammā warada māʾa madyana... 'and when he came to the well of Madyan'.
- Editio Princeps
- Ed. pr.
- Technique
- Scratched
- Direction of Script
- Boustrophedon (starting from right)
- Associated Remains
- Cairn
- [WH] 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
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0010943
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Updated
16 Sep, 2024
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OCIANA. 'WH 189.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/33415. Accessed: 27 Jun, 2025.