OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 2899

Siglum
WH 2899
Transliteration
l bhm bn kmd
Translation
By Bhm son of Kmd

Interpretation

Commentary
The h in the first name is larger and thicker than the other letters.

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 2889–2898, 2990

  • 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
#0013806
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