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WH 3686

Siglum
WH 3686
Transliteration
l gnn bn gmḥ
Translation
By Gnn son of Gmḥ

Interpretation

Commentary
Although WH (p. 509 and pl. 64) say that this is the same text as WH 3637, this is not so. The copy shows a text (= WH 3637) which is quite different from that of WH 3686, in which the first name is clearly gnn not ẓnn, and which has no cartouche or 7 dots and a line beside it, as does WH 3637.

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.

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
#0014647
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