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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 2639.1

Text Information

Siglum
WH 2639.1
Alternative Sigla
WH 2643
Transliteration
l ḥkt bn ḫzr bn fḥl bn ḫ----h ʾ- dr
Translation
Ḥkt son of H̲zr son of Fḥl son of Ḫ....h was here

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WH 2639 b: ḥdt for ḥkt;

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 Signs
wasm
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
#0013536
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