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WH 3833

Siglum
WH 3833
Transliteration
----{ʿ}nn bn ṣḥb h- ḥyt
Translation
----{ʿnn} son of Ṣḥb are the animals

Interpretation

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 Drawings
Contrary to WH's copy (pl. 68) and commentary (p. 526) as well as one gazelle there is a camel with either an enormous hump or carrying a litter (see WH's black-and-white photograph).
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 domestic animal, Drawing of a wild animal, Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0014804
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