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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 3668

Text Information

Siglum
WH 3668
Transliteration
l ḫfr bn rbn h- bkrtn
Translation
By Ḫfr son of Rbn are the two young she-camels

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WH: l lḫfr for l ḫfr; h-bkrt for h-bkrtn
Commentary
This text was published as WH 3668 a. The text and drawing are enclosed in a cartouche part of which WH read as the lām auctoris.

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
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Associated Signs
5 circles. A cartouche surrounding WH 3668, the drawings, and 3668.1.
Associated Drawings
Two she-camels one of which is nursing a calf
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
Subjects
Drawing of a domestic animal, Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0014627
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