OCIANA
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WH 244

Text Information

Siglum
WH 244
Transliteration
l ʾrs¹k h- nfs¹t
Translation
This funerary monument belongs to ʾrs¹k

Interpretation

Commentary
See Macdonald 1989: 67, 75 and 81 on the joining of letters in this inscription.

Provenance
Burquʿ
Original Reading Credit
Ed. pr.
Original Translation Credit
Ed. pr.

Technique
Chiselled

Associated Signs
cartouche
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.
  • Macdonald, M.C.A. Cursive Safaitic Inscriptions? A Preliminary Investigation. Pages 62-81 in M.M. Ibrahim (ed.), Arabian Studies in Honour of Mahmoud Ghul: Symposium at Yarmouk University December 8-11, 1984. (Yarmouk University Publications: Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology Series, 2). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1989.
Site
WH Cairn 7, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1958–1959
Current Location
in situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0011002
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