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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 3480

Siglum
WH 3480
Transliteration
l ʾlh bn ʿl bn {ʾ}mr
Translation
By ʾlh son of ʿl son of {ʾmr}

Interpretation

Commentary
Despite the copy, the photographs show that there is no lower fork on the first letter of the third name and the letter is almost identical to the unusual shape of the h of the first name but at 180º. It is therefore not clear whether the author intended a name hmr or simply forgot the lower side stroke of an ʾ.

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

  • 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
#0014424
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