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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 3730

Text Information

Siglum
WH 3730
Transliteration
l mlk bn dhr w ẓlm f h rḍy wqyt m- bʾs¹ ʾns¹ w ġnmt m- s²nʾ.
Translation
By Mlk son of Dhr and he was oppressed, so, O Rḍy, let there be protection from the affliction of man and spoil from enemies.

Interpretation

Commentary
Cf. Zayadine text ẓlm nfs¹ (= Nepos governor of Arabia)

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
#0014692
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