WH 245

Text Information

Siglum
WH 245
Transliteration
l ḥḍ h- mnẓr
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Translation
The look-out belongs to Ḥḍ
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WH: mẓr for mnẓr
Commentary
In this inscription, as in WH 244, many of the letters are joined. See Macdonald 1989: 67, 75, 81, and the tracing here. The n, which WH does not read, is joined to the two arms of the ẓ.

Editio Princeps
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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
#0011003
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA