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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 2639

Text Information

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

Interpretation

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

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
Direct hammered & chiselled

Associated Drawings
A she-camel
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.
  • 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
#0013535
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