OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 2933

Siglum
WH 2933
Transliteration
l ʾ{k} bn ḏʾb
Translation
By {ʾk} son of Ḏʾb

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WH: ʾr for {ʾ}k
Commentary
WH copied the third letter as r but on the photograph it can be seen that although it has been damaged it can only really be a k.

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

  • 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
#0013841
Download Images