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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 1749

Text Information

Siglum
WH 1749
Transliteration
l s²rqt bn ykbr h- bkrt
Translation
By S²rqt son of Ykbr is the young she-camel

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WH: s²nqt for s²rqt
Commentary
There are a lot of light scratches around the inscription which is more heavily incised. It is not clear why WH published the inscription on the adjacent face as WH 1814.

Provenance
WH Cairn 23 and this inscription were rediscovered and photographed by the Badia Epigraphic Survey in 2018 and the co-ordinates given are exact.
Original Reading Credit
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Associated Signs
Cartouche
Associated Drawings
A small outline she-camel within the cartouche round the inscription and large she-camel and two smaller male camels outside the cartouche..
Associated Inscriptions

  • 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 23, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1958–1959
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Drawing of a domestic animal, Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0012602
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