WH 2464

Siglum
WH 2464
Transliteration
l ṣfy bn kn {----} h- ḥyt
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Translation
By Ṣfy son of Kn {----} are the animals
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
The names are written in one direction and h- ḥyt starts on the other side of the lām auctoris and runs in the opposite direction towards the drawings of the animals. However, it should be noted that the stone is broken immediately after the n of kn and the "7 strokes" within a cartouche below it are incomplete, so it possible that the inscription continued beyond kn before returning to h- ḥyt.

Editio Princeps
Ed. pr.

Associated Drawings
2 animals filled in, facing right, with behind the one on the left a crude outline of a man with arms stretched upwards.
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
Subjects
Drawing of a domestic animal, Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0013344
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA