WH 3420

Siglum
WH 3420
Transliteration
l ʿḏ bn ʾs¹ ḏ- ʾl ṣbḥ w l- -h [h-] rgm
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Translation
By ʿḏ son of ʾs¹ of the lineage of Ṣbḥ and for him is [the] cairn
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Language and Script
Mixed Safaitic/Hismaic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WH: l ʿrm bn hb for l ʿḏ bn ʾs¹
Commentary
Note the Hismaic forms of the ḏ. As is very common, the 3rd person masculine singular enclitic pronoun has assimilated the following definite article, thus l-h-rgm for *l-h h-rgm. See Macdonald 2004: 507, § 7.

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Associated Inscriptions

  • Macdonald, M.C.A. Ancient North Arabian. Pages 488-533 in R.D. Woodard (ed.), The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004.
  • [WH] 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
Funerary, Genealogy, Lineage, Structure
Old OCIANA ID
#0014358
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Updated 22 Nov, 2024 by OCIANA