OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 2637

Text Information

Siglum
WH 2637
Transliteration
l bnġdbt bn ʾws¹t bn ḥs¹m bn s²qr bn ʿm
Translation
By Bnġbt son of ʾws¹t son of Ḥs¹m son of S²qr son of ʿm

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WH 2637 a
Commentary
A horizontal line has joined the n and ġ of the first name and ends just above the d. Note that the ʿ of the final name is a dot which also serves as one of the 7 dots above it.

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.
Original Translation Credit
Ed. pr.

Technique
Direct hammered & incised

Associated Signs
Two sets of seven dots
Associated Drawings
I roughly hammered camel at the beginning over which the lām auctoris has been inscribed
Associated Remains
Cairn
Associated Inscriptions
WH 2634 - WH 2637.1

  • 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
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0013532
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