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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 372

Text Information

Siglum
WH 372
Transliteration
l s¹by bn hngs² bn ʿbd w nẓr mzdt
Translation
By S¹by son of Hngs² son of ʿbd and he was on the look-out for a saddle- bag

Interpretation

Commentary
WH: mzdt, cf. Ar. mazādah, "saddle-bag, provision- bag"

Original Reading Credit
Ed. pr.

  • 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
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0011134
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