OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 1936

Siglum
WH 1936
Transliteration
{l} {s¹}ʿd bn ṣbḥ h- rgm
Translation
{By} {S¹ʿd} son of Ṣbḥ is the cairn

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
MNH p. 383 n. 481: on expressions used as grave-markers.
Commentary
The first two letters are only partially visible on the photograph.

Original Reading Credit
OCIANA

  • 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
#0012795
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