OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 3574

Siglum
WH 3574
Transliteration
l {q}ʾy b
Translation
By {Qʾy} ----

Interpretation

Commentary
The photograph suggests that the second letter which has been damaged was a q not a d. There is a b after the y suggesting that the author had intended to continue the text.

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
Ed. pr.

Associated Signs
Three vertical strokes which may have been carved later
Associated Inscriptions
WH 3572–3573, 3575–3583

  • 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
Name only
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0014529
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