OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 2650

Siglum
WH 2650
Transliteration
l ʾs²r bn ʿdy h- bkrt
Translation
By ʾs²r son of ʿdy is the young she-camel

Interpretation

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.

Associated Signs
A sun symbol
Associated Drawings
A she camel (there is another camel on an adjoining rock)

  • 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
Subjects
Drawing of a domestic animal, Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0013547
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