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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 3405

Text Information

Siglum
WH 3405
Transliteration
l s¹dn bn fnq bn kmd w rʿ{y} mkr
Translation
By S¹dn son of Fnq son of Kmd and he pastured at Mkr

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WH: w rʿ{y} mkr "he pastured a train of camels" for "and {he pastured} at Mkr"
Commentary
The text is carved around three edge of the face.

Provenance
WH Cairn 46 and this inscription were rediscovered and photographed by the Badia Epigraphic Survey in 2018 and the co-ordinates given are exact.
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA

Special Letter Forms
All loops (d q y) are minimal

Associated Signs
7 lines beside the patronym, 7 thinly scratched lines between the n of the second bn and the k of the third name.
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 46, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1958–1959
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Genealogy, Pasturing, Place-name
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0014343
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