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WH 3659

Text Information

Siglum
WH 3659
Transliteration
l hʿf bn ʾṣbʿn
Translation
By Hʿf son of ʾṣbʿn

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WH: zʿf for hʿf
Commentary
What WH took for the cross-stroke of the second letter is clearly a fork, thus h not z. The "sun-emblem" they mention (p. 506) and which is shown on their copy (pl. 64) is not visible 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
OCIANA

Associated Signs
Sun ?

  • 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
#0014618
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