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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 3628

Siglum
WH 3628
Transliteration
l {ʿ}ṭf bn zhmn bn ʾṣhb
Translation
By {ʿṭf} son of Zhmn son of ʾṣhb

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WH: ṭf for {ʿ}ṭf
Commentary
There is a small dot between the lām auctoris and the ṭ which could be a ʿ.

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
Associated Inscriptions

  • 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
#0014587
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