OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WRL 6

Siglum
WRL 6
Transliteration
l nṣr bn nʿmn w byt h- mġrt
Translation
By Nṣr son of Nʿmn and he spent the night in the cave

Interpretation

Commentary
WRL 6–8 are on one face of a large boulder near the entrance to the cave. This text begins just over the upper edge of the face and then runs right-to-left along the upper part of it.

Associated Inscriptions

  • Macdonald, M.C.A., Al Muʾazzin, M. & Nehmé, L. Les inscriptions safaïtiques de Syrie, cent quarante ans après leur découverte. Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions & Belles-Lettres 1996: 435-494.
Site
Al-Suwaydāʾ (al-Sweidah) Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1995
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Genealogy, Present in a place, Topographic features
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0036042
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