OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 2673

Text Information

Siglum
WH 2673
Transliteration
l g{l}hm bn btmh h- bkrt
Translation
By {Glhm} son of Btmh is the young she-camel

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WH 2673: glhm for g{l}hm
Commentary
The inscription is accompanied by a camel, two stick figures, and a double line cartouche. The inner line is dotted and the outer line is normal.

Provenance
Burquʿ (?)
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
Ed. pr.

Technique
Incised & chiselled

Associated Signs
double line cartouche
Associated Drawings
a camel and two stick figures
Associated Remains
Cairn

  • 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 35, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1958–1959
Current Location
in situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0013570
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