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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 3037

Siglum
WH 3037
Transliteration
l brd bn bʾl h- wqʿt
Translation
Brd son of Bʾl is at the watering hole

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WH: h-wqʿt "the rock" for "the signature".
Commentary
For the interpretation of wqʿt see Al-Jallad & Jaworska (in press).

Provenance
WH Cairn 40 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
Two sets of 7 dots

  • Winnett, F.V. & Harding, G.L. Inscriptions from Fifty Safaitic Cairns. (Near and Middle East Series, 9). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1978.
  • Al-Jallad, A. & Jaworska, K.A. Dictionary and Grammar of the Safaitic Inscriptions. Volume I: Dictionary. Leiden: Brill, 2019
Site
WH Cairn 40, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1958–1959
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Genealogy, Watering
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0013952
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