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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 3665

Text Information

Siglum
WH 3665
Transliteration
l ʾs¹ḫr bn ʿm{r}t
Translation
By ʾs¹ḫr son of {ʿmrt}

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WH: l ʾʿḫr bn ʿmlt "By ʾs¹{ḫ}r son of ʿmlt"
Commentary
The third letter has a small tail making it a s¹. The r at the end of the first name is a vertical stroke with two hooks, but the penultimate letter (if it is a r) is simply a shallow curve.

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 Drawings
A female camel within the curve of the text and a male camel immediately below the final t.
Associated Inscriptions
WH 3663–3664, 3666–3667.1

  • 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
#0014624
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