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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 1867.2

Siglum
WH 1867.2
Transliteration
l bs¹trh bn gd
Translation
By Bs¹trh son of Gd

Interpretation

Commentary
The fifth letter has a shallow curve and minute hooks at each end and is quite unlike the straight line of the lām auctoris. It must therefore be a r not a l. The n of the second bn can be seen on the photograph just touching one arm of the b.

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 25, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1958–1959
Current Location
Amman Museum J. (14176)
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0012721
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