OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 3116

Text Information

Siglum
WH 3116
Transliteration
l nhb bn drh w brs¹ b bḍ -h
Translation
By Nhb son of Drh. A daman ran through his garden

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
A) A daman ran through his garden. B) For NHB b. DR. The plague showed its first symptoms in his whiteness.
Commentary
Meaning obscure but this seems the most plausible word-division.

Original Reading Credit
OCIANA

  • 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 44, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1958–1959
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0014036
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