WH 246
Text Information
- Siglum
- WH 246
- Transliteration
-
l bd{l} bn ʿrb {h}----
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- Translation
-
By {Bdl} son of ʿrb ....
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- Language and Script
- Safaitic
Interpretation
- Apparatus Criticus
- WH: ʿdrh for ʿrb
- Commentary
- The second l could also be read as a poorly inscribed t. The bottom half of what we take as an h has been worn away, so there is a possibility that it was originally ʾ.
- Editio Princeps
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- Technique
- Direct hammered
- Direction of Script
- Horizontal line right to left
- Associated Remains
- Cairn
- [WH] 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 7, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
- Date Found
- 1958–1959
- Current Location
- in situ
- Subject
- Genealogy
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0011004
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16 Sep, 2024
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