WH 2638
Text Information
- Siglum
- WH 2638
- Transliteration
- l ẓhr bn hʾs¹ bn ʾ---- {ʿ}ḏr
- Translation
- By Ẓhr son of Hʾs¹ son of ʾ----{ ʿ}ḏr
Interpretation
- Apparatus Criticus
- WH 2638: ʾt[ʿ bn] ʿḏr for ʾ----- {ʿ}ḏr
- Commentary
- There is a lightly scratched ṯ following the second ʾ, but there is an unusually large space separating the two letters. The last part of the inscription has been badly damaged. The third to last letter could be an ʿ, but it is so close to the damaged portion, one could also interpret it as a damage mark.
- 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
- OCIANA
- Original Translation Credit
- OCIANA
- Technique
- Scratched
- Associated Remains
- Cairn
- 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.
- Site
- WH Cairn 34, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
- Date Found
- 1958–1959
- Current Location
- in situ
- Subject
- Genealogy
- Script
- Safaitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0013534
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