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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 3407

Siglum
WH 3407
Transliteration
l mʿwṯ bn dʾy {w} qtlt
Translation
By Mʿwṯ son of Dʾy {and} I have killed

Interpretation

Commentary
The loops of the ṯ and the d can be seen on the colour photographs. The author appears to have forgotten the w after dʾy and then added it above the line between the y and the q. The final t is clear, but anything after it has been obscured by a patch of hammering. A verb in the 1st person singular is highly unusual in these graffiti.

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
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Associated Inscriptions
WH 3405–3406, 3408–3410

  • 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
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0014345
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