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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 3533

Siglum
WH 3533
Transliteration
l w{ḥ}{d} {{b}}{{n}} {ḥ}m w tẓr h- s¹my
Translation
By {Wḥd} {son of} {Ḥm} and he waited for the rains

Interpretation

Commentary
WH read this as two texts but it seems to be one. The ḥ and d of the first name are not clear on the photograph. As in 3531 the bn has been turned into a w.

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
#0014483
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