WH 2640
Text Information
- Siglum
- WH 2640
- Transliteration
- l {b}hʾ bn ḫz{b} bn ----
- Translation
- By {Bhʾ} son of H̲z{b} son of ----
Interpretation
- Apparatus Criticus
- WH 2640: bhʾ for {b}hʾ; ḫzr for ḫz{b}
- Commentary
- WH read first letter of the first name and the last letter of the patronym as b and r respectively. However, they have the same shape and so we have read them both as b, even though they are much larger the b in both examples of bn.
- Provenance
- WH Cairn 34 and this inscription were rediscovered and photographed by the Badia Epigraphic Survey in 2018 and the co-ordinates given are exact.
- Original Reading Credit
- OCIANA
- Original Translation Credit
- Ed. pr.
- Technique
- Scratched
- Associated Remains
- Cairn
- 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.
- Inscriptions recorded during the Badia Epigraphic Survey 2018 and published here
- Site
- Wādī al-Ġuṣayn Cairn 34, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
- Date Found
- 1958–1959
- Current Location
- in situ
- Subject
- Genealogy
- Script
- Safaitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0013537
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