WH 3617

Siglum
WH 3617
Transliteration
l mlk bn ʿbs¹ h- bkrt
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Translation
By Mlk son of ʿbs¹ is the young she-camel
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WH: l mlk bn ʿb{d} [?]
Commentary
WH read the second name as ʿb{d} but the last letter is clearly s¹ on the photographs. It is followed by a dot which seems to be extraneous to the text. Although h- bkrt appears on WH's facsimile (pl. 63) it is not included in their reading. Note the angular forms of the b, k, and s¹ in the genealogy and the curved forms of b, k, and r in h-bkrt.

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Associated Drawings
A large she-camel with hairy hump and a smaller one at right angles to her so that their faces are touching
Associated Inscriptions

  • [WH] 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
Old OCIANA ID
#0014576
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