WAM T 57

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: TEXT Winnett: z bn ḥb h ʿf, "This is Bin-Ḥibb, the diviner". DISCUSSION King (1990: 678) commented: "It is very doubtful that this is an inscription".

Provenance: Winnett commented: "The inscription was found and photographed by Major M.D. Van Lesen, M. C., during an expedition into the eastern Jordanian desert in October, 1960. The exact finding place is given as a cairn at Bir Naʿām (...), about 160 kms. east of Maʿān". Two photos and a rubbing of the inscription were kindly sent to me by Professor A.M. Honeyman of St. Andrew's University"
Original Reading Credit: King 1990
Original Translation Credit: King 1990

Winnett, F.V. An Arabian Miscellany. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli 31 [N.S. 21], 1971: 443-454, pls 1-14.
King, G.M.H. Early North Arabian Thamudic E. A preliminary description based on a new corpus of inscriptions from the Ḥismā desert of southern Jordan and published material. Ph.D thesis, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 1990. [Unpublished]. 1990.