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WH 3641

Siglum
WH 3641
Transliteration
l ʿfn bn s¹w{g}
Translation
By ʿfn son of {S¹wg}

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WH: l ʿfn
Commentary
Written between the first three letters of WH 3640 and then across the b of bn and then below it. Only the first name was copied by WH

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
#0014600
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