WH 2469

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Siglum
WH 2469
Transliteration
l wt{s¹} bn ḥr h- nfs¹t
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Translation
By {Wts¹} son of Ḥr is the funerary monument
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus

WH: ḥb for ḥr.

Commentary

WH's reading of the second name as ḥb cannot be correct. Compare the r of ḥr with the b of bn, where WH are probably right that the author forgot the n and then carved it across the arms of the b).

Editio Princeps
Ed. pr.

Technique
chiselled
Direction of Script
left to right

Associated Inscriptions

  • [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
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0013350
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