OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 227

Text Information

Siglum
WH 227
Transliteration
l mlḥt bn {ḏ}z
Translation
By Mlḥt son of {Ḏz}

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WH: ḥ for {ḏ}
Commentary
The second to last letter has a tail, making it resemble a ḏ more than a ḥ.

Provenance
Burquʿ
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Chiselled

Associated Signs
cartouche
Associated Remains
Cairn
Associated Inscriptions
WH 225-226, WH 228-229

  • 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
#0010985
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