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WH 3928

Siglum
WH 3928
Transliteration
l {{ṣ}}{ʾ}{r} b{n} {n}{g}{y}
Translation
By {Ṣʾb} {son of} {Ngy}

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
WH: l ṣʾb bn nn ....
Commentary
WH did not publish a facsimile. This reading is taken from the photographs by Geraldine King (colour) and Michael Macdonald (black-and-white). The inscription has been hammered over. The second letter has been altered and originally may have been a ṣ or a ʾ. WH read the fourth letter as a b but it is quite different from the b of the bn which follows it and is more likely to be a r.

Provenance
WH worked from photographs taken by Mr Barry Park in 1955 who gave them to Gerald Lankester Harding. Unfortunately, these have since disappeared, and the photographs here were taken during a survey of Jabal Qurma and Tell Farah by Michael C.A. Macdonald, Geraldine King, Ann Searight and David Jacobson in 1982.
Original Reading Credit
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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.
Site
Ǧabal Qarmah, WH Cairn 50, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1958–1959
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0014901
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