OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 3638

Text Information

Siglum
WH 3638
Transliteration
l gml bn kmy
Translation
By Gml son of Kmy

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WH: kml "possibly the last name should be emended to kmy" for kmy
Commentary
The second name looks more like kmy than kml on the photograph.

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 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
#0014597
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