WH 2437
Text Information
- Siglum
- WH 2437
- Transliteration
- l hmwʾ bn {{ʾ}}{{ʾ}}n{ʿ}
- Translation
- By Hmwʾ son of {ʾʾnʿ}
Interpretation
- Commentary
- The text is carved along the top of the face. Some of the letters have been tampered with, particularly the first two letters of the patronym which have been changed from ‚ to ṣ.
- Provenance
- WH Cairn 34 and this inscription were rediscovered and photographed by the Badia Epigraphic Survey in 2018 and the co-ordinates given are exact.
- Original Reading Credit
- OCIANA
- Associated Drawings
- 2 camels (one suckling a calf)
- 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.
- Inscriptions recorded during the Badia Epigraphic Survey 2018 and published here
- Site
- WH Cairn 34, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
- Date Found
- 1958–1959
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subject
- Genealogy
- Script
- Safaitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0013316
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