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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 206.1

Text Information

Siglum
WH 206.1
Transliteration
l hmʿḏ bn ʿmrt
Translation
By Hmʿḏ son of ʿmrt

Interpretation

Commentary
WH read 206.1 and 206.2 as one inscription, but it is clear from their photograph that they are separate inscriptions, as they also suggest (1978: 206)

Provenance
Burquʿ
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Direct hammered

Associated Remains
Cairn
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.
Site
WH Cairn 7, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1958–1959, 2023
Current Location
in situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0010963
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