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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 709

Siglum
WH 709
Transliteration
l ḥrs¹ bn hʾs¹ h- ṯr
Translation
By Ḥrs¹ son of Hʾs¹ is the [drawing of an] oryxl

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
MNH p. 318 n. 100: ṯr literally "bull" is applied to drawings which are clearly of oryx.
Commentary
The drawing is clearly of an oryx.

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 11, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1958–1959
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0011494
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