OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 2896

Text Information

Siglum
WH 2896
Transliteration
l ʿgr bn zmhr
Translation
By ʿgr son of Zmhr

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WH: ʿgl for ʿgr
Commentary
The third and last letters have the same shape.

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 Inscriptions
WH 2889–2895, 2897–2899

  • 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
#0013803
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