OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 3600

Text Information

Siglum
WH 3600
Transliteration
l ḥrb bn ḥs²b
Translation
By Ḥrb son of Ḥs²b

Interpretation

Commentary
Carved in thick letters within a cartouche

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
Cartouche, four sets of 7 dots and one of 9
Associated Drawings
Possibly a very crude drawing of a couched camel beside the end of the inscription, a small indeterminate animal in outline.
Associated Inscriptions
WH 3596–3599, 3601

  • 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
#0014558
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