Siglum: WH 1681  Script: Safaitic

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Transliteration
l grmʾl bn ẓnʾl bn ʿlm bn {g}{r}mʾl bn ḏʾb bn kn w wgd ʾṯr ʿm -h ʿlm w grmʾl ʿm -h f qṣf w ʾs²yʿ -h

Translation
By Grmʾl son of Ẓnʾl son of ʿlm son of Grmʾl son of Ḏʾb son of Kn and he found the traces of his grandfather ʿlm and Grmʾl his great-grandfather and was sad he and his companions

Commentary
As WH points out (p. 269), this text shows that the word ʿm in Safaitic was used for both "grandfather" and "great grandfather".

Subjects
Genealogy Finding inscription(s) Relatives

Country: Jordan
Region: Al-Mafraq Governorate
Site: WH Cairn 21
Site number: 0
Latitude: 32.422355
Longitude: 38.068300
Present Location: In situ
Find date: 1958–1959
Field collector: F.V. Winnett & G.L. Harding
Notes: WH Cairn 21 and this inscription were rediscovered and photographed by the Badia Epigraphic Survey in 2018 and the co-ordinates given are exact.

References:
[WH] Winnett, F.V. & Harding, G.L. Inscriptions from Fifty Safaitic Cairns. (Near and Middle East Series, 9). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1978.

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