OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 2872

Text Information

Siglum
WH 2872
Transliteration
l k{l}{l} bn mlk
Translation
By Kll son of Mlk

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WH: l lw{.} bn ml{ʾ} for l k{l}{l} bn mlk
Commentary
There is an extraneous line (thinner and lighter than the letters) between the first two letters and another has been drawn across the second letter.

Provenance
WH Cairn 39 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

Associated Inscriptions
WH 2869–2871.2, 2873–2881

  • 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 39, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1958–1959
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0013778
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