OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 3504

Siglum
WH 3504
Transliteration
l bnʾ{f}lg{n}
Translation
By {Bnʾflgn}

Interpretation

Commentary
The 5th letter is quite different from the b and while it is unlikely to be r (a root rlg is unknown in Ar.) could be a f. Cf. Ar. aflaÏ ʿgap-toothedʾ. the final -n if not an extraneous mark presumably has hypocoristic force.

Original Reading Credit
OCIANA

  • 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
#0014449
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