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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 2438

Siglum
WH 2438
Transliteration
l znyt bn s²kr
Translation
By Znyt son of S²kr

Interpretation

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
Ed. pr.

Associated Drawings
A stick-figure man with his right arm outstretched holding a bow (below the inscription); and another (above the inscription) with both arms outstretched, with possibly a staff in his right hand, plus two crudely outline camels

  • 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
#0013317
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