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WH 3858

Siglum
WH 3858
Transliteration
l ʿtn bn yʿrr
Translation
By ʿtn son of Yʿrr

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WH: yʿyl for yʿrr
Commentary
Unlike the lām auctoris, the two final letters each have a hook, the first at the bottom and the second at the top. We would therefore suggest that they are both rs. Neither resemble the y at the beginning of the name as in WH's copy.

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.

  • 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
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0014829
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