OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 3742

Text Information

Siglum
WH 3742
Transliteration
l {ʿ}m{m} bn yġṯ
Translation
By {ʿmm} son of Yġṯ

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WH: ʿmr for {ʿ}m{m}
Commentary
The lām auctorius and the first name have been hammered over and the reading of the letters is not entirely certain.

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
Ed. pr.

Associated Signs
Cartouche with two sets of 7 lines

  • 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
#0014705
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