OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 3636

Text Information

Siglum
WH 3636
Transliteration
l qdmt bn ʾḫwf h- dr w rʿy ʿm f ʿm
Translation
By Qdmt son of ʾḫwf was here and he pastured year after year

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WH: h-dṣ in the transliteration but "This camping place" (i.e. h-dr) in the translation.
Commentary
Another m after the final m has been scratched over.

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
A cartouche made up of three lines, and in places more, crossed by 16 lines
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
Subjects
Genealogy, Pasturing, Present in a place, Time
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0014595
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