WH 1338
Text Information
- Siglum
- WH 1338
- Transliteration
- l ḫls¹ʿ bn bḥgrh
- Translation
- By Ḫls¹ʿ son of Bḥgrh
Interpretation
- Commentary
- The third and penultimate letters have a clear curve at the top which the lām auctoris does not. They are therefore probably to be read as r. Rare names with clear final ʿ do occur (e.g qdmʿ in MSTJ 1) so it may not be “an unintentional mark” as suggested by WH
- 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 17, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
- Date Found
- 1958–1959
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subject
- Genealogy
- Script
- Safaitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0012152
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