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WH 2477

Text Information

Siglum
WH 2477
Transliteration
l ʿd bn znt bn ʿkkt w rʿy s¹ʿd -h rḍw
Translation
By ʿd son of Znt son of {ʿkkt} and he pastured and help him Rḍw

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WH: ʿk{k} <<>> for ʿkkt
Commentary
The t at the end of the third name is clear on the photograph, but WH removed it on the basis of similar genealogies with ʿkk in WH 3560.

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
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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
Subjects
Deity, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Pasturing
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0013359
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