WH 2454

Siglum
WH 2454
Transliteration
----s²ʿmt
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Translation
---- S²ʿmt
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
WH's reading of the first name and the bn is not really possible when one studies the photograph which shows that the first two vertical strokes are not completely joined (to make the ẓ which they read) and the curve of what they read as a b is actually a crack in the rock. The short vertical stroke immediately after this, which they read as n, is actually part of the loop of a y or ṣ

Editio Princeps
Ed. pr.

Associated Inscriptions

  • [BES18] Inscriptions recorded during the Badia Epigraphic Survey 2018 and published here
  • [WH] 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 34, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1958–1959
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Name only
Old OCIANA ID
#0013333
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA