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WH 3597

Siglum
WH 3597
Transliteration
l zʿm h- s¹trt b- ḥḍr
Translation
Zʿm is at the small shelter while staying beside permanent water.

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WH: "The shelter belongs at the present time to Zʿm"
Commentary
For b-ḥḍr see Al-Jallad & Jaworska (in press). It is not clear to what the two letters (h/ḏ and w) before the lām auctoris belong.

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 Inscriptions
WH 3596, 3598–3601

  • Winnett, F.V. & Harding, G.L. Inscriptions from Fifty Safaitic Cairns. (Near and Middle East Series, 9). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1978.
  • Al-Jallad, A. & Jaworska, K.A. Dictionary and Grammar of the Safaitic Inscriptions. Volume I: Dictionary. Leiden: Brill, 2019
Site
WH Cairn 46, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1958–1959
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Name only, Present in a place, Structure, Watering
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0014554
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