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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 3796

Siglum
WH 3796
Transliteration
l ʾm bn ʿd
Translation
By ʾm son of ʿd

Interpretation

Commentary
The b of bn has a small mark at the top making it look like a s¹.

Provenance
WH Cairn 47 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 Inscriptions
WH 3793–3795.1, 3797-3802

  • 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 47, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1958–1959
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0014764
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