WH 2877
Text Information
- Siglum
- WH 2877
- Transliteration
- l lġyn bn {b}ḥgh h- ʾtn
- Translation
- By {Lġyn} son of {Bḥgh} is the she-ass
Interpretation
- Commentary
- The text is carved vertically from above the head of the drawing of the she-ass and down behind it. The b of bḥgh is difficult to see on the photographs.
- 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
- Ed. pr.
- Associated Drawings
- A drawing in outline of a female ass which has within it another inscription claiming it
- Associated Inscriptions
- WH 2869–2876, 2878–2881
- 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
- Subjects
- Drawing of a domestic animal, Genealogy
- Script
- Safaitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0013783
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