OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 3548

Siglum
WH 3548
Transliteration
l s¹lm bn ʿbdʾ h- b{t}
Translation
By S¹lm son of ʿbdʾ is the {mule}

Interpretation

Commentary
WH read the last word h b{ġ}{l}. Howevber while this would suit the drawing it is very difficult to see how this reading can be obtained from the photograph. The final letter looks most like a t. The penultimate could possibly be a k.

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
#0014499
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