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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 3642

Siglum
WH 3642
Transliteration
l yʿll h- ʿrn bn zʿm
Translation
By Yʿll son of Zʿm are the two wild asses

Interpretation

Commentary
Note tht the fourth and fifth letters have hooks at one end whereas the lām auctoris is straight but that they cannot be r's because the r of ʿrn has hooks at both ends.

Original Reading Credit
Ed. pr.

  • 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
#0014601
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