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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 3259

Siglum
WH 3259
Transliteration
l ʿm bn mrʾt h- dʾl
Translation
By ʿm son of Mrʾt is the Dʾl

Interpretation

Commentary
A thinly scratched ʾ has been added between the r and the t of the second name. duʾil, duʾul: jackal, weasel

Original Reading Credit
Ed. pr.

  • 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
#0014194
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