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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 3822

Text Information

Siglum
WH 3822
Transliteration
l ḥl bn {h}ʾ{ḥ}wr
Translation
By Ḥl son of Hʾḥwr

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WH: yʾ{s¹}wr for {h}ʾ{ḥ}wr
Commentary
The third letter of the patronym is very similar to the first letter of the author's name and so has been read as ḥ. The last letter is curved, as opposed to the extremely straight l's in the text and would therefore seem more likely to be a r.

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
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Associated Inscriptions
On a stone beside the rock bearing WH 3823–3824

  • 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
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0014793
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