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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 3805

Siglum
WH 3805
Transliteration
l ʾlh bn ʾmrʾl h- nʿmtn
Translation
By ʾlh son of ʾmrʾl [is the drawing of] the two ostriches

Interpretation

Commentary
This was published as WH 3805 a.

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 Drawings
Two ostriches
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 47, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1958–1959
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Drawing of a wild animal, Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0014775
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