WH 3797.1

Text Information

Siglum
WH 3797.1
Transliteration
l rb{ʾ}{l} bn rbn
OCIANA
Translation
By {Rbʾl} son of Rbn
OCIANA
Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WH: rg for rbn
Commentary
This text was published as WH 3797 b. Note that the r of rbn is lightly incised unlike the other letters which are carefully chiselled. WH's reading of the second name rg is also possible but what they read as g is almost identical to the bn between the names.

Editio Princeps
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Associated Inscriptions
WH 3793–3797, 3797.2–3802

  • [WH] 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
Old OCIANA ID
#0014766
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024