WH 38
Text Information
- Siglum
- WH 38
- Transliteration
- l mhbt bn {ḥ}yn
- Translation
- By Mhbt bn {Ḥyn}
Interpretation
- Apparatus Criticus
- WH: {b}yn for {ḥ}yn
- Commentary
- The fourth letter is identical in shape to the b of bn. A dot attached to its back (making it look like a s¹) is of a different texture to the rest of the letter and is probably accidental. The name mhbt is found in another (unpublished) text from the H4 area. The middle stroke of the ḥ is shorter than the other two, is off centre, and protrudes beyond the back. At first sight it is tempting to read the name as ʿbyn but this does not explain the middle stroke in the letter. [MCAM].
- Provenance
- Burquʿ
- Original Reading Credit
- OCIANA
- Original Translation Credit
- OCIANA
- Associated Remains
- Cairn
- 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 1, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
- Date Found
- 1958–1959
- Current Location
- Amman Museum J. (14197)
- Subject
- Genealogy
- Script
- Safaitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0010783
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