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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 2996

Siglum
WH 2996
Transliteration
l ḥy bn ḏkr bn s¹ḫb
Translation
By Ḥy son of Ḏkr son of S¹ḫb

Interpretation

Commentary
This text was published as WH 2996 a.

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 Signs
Aline 7 dots between the two lines of text
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
#0013906
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