OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 3830

Text Information

Siglum
WH 3830
Transliteration
l ws¹
Translation
By Ws¹

Interpretation

Commentary
On an adjacent face there are three signs with a lighter patina which are probably not Safaitic letters.

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
A male camel with an enormous hump.

  • 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
Name only
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0014801
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