WH 2485

Siglum
WH 2485
Transliteration
l bṭyh bn hrb
OCIANA
Translation
By Bṭyh son of Ḥrb
OCIANA
Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
The first name of this text was published as WH 2485 a and the second half as part of WH 2485 b. However, it is clear from the photograph that the arrangement given here is the correct one. Note that between the time when WH made their copy and 2018 when the photographs were taken the rock had split leaving the lām auctoris and half the first b on one side and the rest of the text on the other with WH 2485.1. There are traces of other texts on the stone but they are too faint to read.

Editio Princeps
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Associated Inscriptions
WH 2485.1 and WH 2504 on an adjacent face

  • [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
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0013368
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA

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OCIANA. 'WH 2485.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/31819. Accessed: 17 Jun, 2025.