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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

KhU 72

Text Information

Siglum
KhU 72
Transliteration
l fn bn ḫbṯ bn ʿlhm bn ḫld bn ql
Translation
By Fn son of Ḫbṯ son of ʿlhm son of Ḫld son of Ql

Interpretation

Commentary
A son of the author of KhU 35 a brother of the author of KhU 20-21 and probably a nephew of the author of KhU 74. The inscription is enclosed in a cartouche from which four groups of seven lines project. The cartouche has been chiselled and the lines are scratched. Traces of another text can be seen on an adjoining face.

Provenance
S.W. of the Safa
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Chiselled

Associated Signs
28 lines on cartouche
Associated Inscriptions
illegible
Site
Ḫirbat al-Umbāshī, Syria
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0010006
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