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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 2654

Siglum
WH 2654
Transliteration
l mrʾ bn ḫzr h- nʿm
Translation
By Mrʾ son of Ḫzr is the grazing livestock

Interpretation

Commentary
Since there are no drawings of ostriches (nʿm) on the stone, it is probable that WH (p. 389) ares correct in taking nʿm as meaning "grazing livestock", referring to reality rather than a drawing.

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 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
Subjects
Domestic animals, Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0013551
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