OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 3634

Text Information

Siglum
WH 3634
Transliteration
l bʿḏrh bn grm
Translation
By Bʿḏrh son of Grm

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WH: bʿḏlh bn glm for bʿḏrh bn grm
Commentary
The photograph shows that he curves on the fifth and the penultimate letters distinguish them from the lām auctoris and make it certain that they represent r not l as in WH's reading.

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
OCIANA

Associated Signs
Cartouche

  • 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
#0014593
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