WH 2878
Text Information
- Siglum
- WH 2878
- Transliteration
- l {g}{n}y bn bḏʾ h- ʾtn
- Translation
- By {Gny} son of Bḏʾ is the she-ass
Interpretation
- Apparatus Criticus
- WH: l {d}ʾ{y} bn bs¹ʾ h- ʾtn
- Commentary
- The inscription is incised in very thin letters inside the drawing of the she-ass to which it refers
- 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
- An outline of a she-ass with the inscription inside it
- Associated Inscriptions
- WH 2869–2877, 2879–2881
- 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
- #0013784
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