OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 3581

Text Information

Siglum
WH 3581
Transliteration
l ḥrb bn {{y}}ʿll
Translation
By Ḥrb son of {Yʿll}

Interpretation

Commentary
This text was published as WH 3581 a. Some incised letters have been added: a l between the r and the b, a second n after bn, and a side stroke to make the y look like a ṣ.

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
7 lines beside the text
Associated Inscriptions
WH 3572–3580, 3581.1–3583

  • 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
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0014536
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