OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 242

Text Information

Siglum
WH 242
Transliteration
l ġwṯʾl bn ḥrb bn ftk bn ws¹mt
Translation
By Ġwṯʾl son of Ḥrb son of Ftk son of Ws¹mt

Interpretation

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
Ed. pr.

Technique
Chiselled

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 7, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1958–1959
Current Location
in situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0011000
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