WH 244

Text Information

Siglum
WH 244
Transliteration
l ʾrs¹k h- nfs¹t
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Translation
This funerary monument belongs to ʾrs¹k
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

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

Editio Princeps
Ed. pr.

Technique
Chiselled
Direction of Script
Horizontal line right to left

Associated Signs
cartouche
Associated Remains
Cairn
Associated Inscriptions

  • [MCS] 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.
  • [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
#0011002
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA