WH 3909
Text Information
- Siglum
- WH 3909
- Transliteration
-
l ks²dy bn nybt
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- Translation
-
By Ks²dy son of Nybt
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- Language and Script
- Safaitic
Interpretation
- Apparatus Criticus
- WH reads this with WH 3908 as l ks²dy bn lḥ
- Commentary
- WH 3908 and 3909 were written by brothers who used the close similarity of their names to write a joint inscription in which they shared the last two letters of their names plus the bn and their father's name (bn nybt). Ks²dy is well known in Safaitic. It is a common custom among the Bedouin today to give their children rhyming or closely similar names, as here.
- Site
- Ǧabal Qarmah, WH Cairn 50, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
- Date Found
- 1958–1959
- Current Location
- In situ
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0051575
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16 Sep, 2024
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