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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 3540

Text Information

Siglum
WH 3540
Transliteration
l hbt [b]n s²mq
Translation
By Hbt {son of} S²mq

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WH: {ʾ}bt bn s²mq for l hbt b[]n s²mq
Commentary
If the BES18 photograph does indeed show this inscription, then the author appears to have omitted the b of bn.

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
OCIANA

  • Winnett, F.V. & Harding, G.L. Inscriptions from Fifty Safaitic Cairns. (Near and Middle East Series, 9). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1978.
  • Inscriptions recorded during the Badia Epigraphic Survey 2018 and published here
Site
WH Cairn 46, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1958–1959
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0014491
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