OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WH 355

Text Information

Siglum
WH 355
Transliteration
zk{y}ʾl b- ṭb
Translation
May {Zkyʾl} be well [remembered]

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
J.L. Starcky in WH p. 541: zkʾl bṭb "May god remember [her i.e. the woman in the accompanying drawing] with good"
Commentary
The interpretation here follows that of A. Cacquot in his review of WH p. 336.

Associated Signs
7 dots with a stick figure man above them
Associated Drawings
A woman drawing out her hair standing on a camel.
Associated Remains
Cairn
Associated Inscriptions
WH 353 and 354

  • Winnett, F.V. & Harding, G.L. Inscriptions from Fifty Safaitic Cairns. (Near and Middle East Series, 9). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1978.
  • Caquot, A. Review of Winnett F.V. & Harding, G.L. Inscriptions from Fifty Safaitic Cairns. (Near and Middle Eastern Series, 9): Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1978). Syria 57, 1980: 335–336.
Site
WH Cairn 9A, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1958–1959
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Isolated Prayer
Script
Palmyrene
Old OCIANA ID
#0011117
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