WH 2639

Text Information

Siglum
WH 2639
Transliteration
l {ẓ}{h}r bn ʿzz ʾ- bkrt
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Translation
By {Ẓhr} son of ʿzz is the young she-camel
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WH 2639 a: {b}hr for {ẓ}{h}r; h-bkrt for ʾ- bkrt

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Direct hammered & chiselled
Direction of Script
Curving

Associated Drawings
A she-camel
Associated Remains
Cairn
Associated Inscriptions

  • [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
#0013535
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA

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OCIANA. 'WH 2639.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/31984. Accessed: 06 Jun, 2025.