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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 2526

Siglum
WH 2526
Transliteration
l ʾ{b}{g}{r} bn ʾ{b}{g}r
Translation
By {ʾbgr} son of {ʾbgr}

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WH: l ʾrwḥ bn ʾḥwr for l ʾ{b}{g}{r} bn ʾ{b}{g}r
Commentary
Most of the letters have been vandalized but this seems a more likely reading from the photograph that that of WH from the hand-copy.

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
Ed. pr.

Associated Drawings
An outline of a male (?) camel

  • 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
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0013418
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