WH 299.1
Text Information
- Siglum
- WH 299.1
- Transliteration
-
l ʿbd bn yʿll bn zʿm bn s¹ry
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- Translation
-
By ʿbd son of Yʿly son of Zʿm son of S¹ry
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- Language and Script
- Safaitic
Interpretation
- Apparatus Criticus
- WH: yʿll for yʿly
- Commentary
- The final letter of the second name is clearly a y on the copy. Unfortunately, the letter cannot be made out on the photograph.
- Editio Princeps
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- Technique
- Scratched
- Direction of Script
- Boustrophedon (starting from right)
- Associated Signs
- randomly stretched lines in the center of the rock
- Associated Remains
- Cairn
- Associated Inscriptions
- [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 9a, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
- Date Found
- 1958–1959
- Current Location
- in situ
- Subject
- Genealogy
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0011059
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Updated
16 Sep, 2024
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