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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

KhU 83

Text Information

Siglum
KhU 83
Transliteration
l ms¹kʾl bn qdm
Translation
By Ms¹kʾl son of Qdm

Interpretation

Commentary
Below this text along the ridge between this face and that bearing KhU 84 a horizontal line has been carved from which "hang" seven lines ending in roundels the effect being that of bells or tassels hanging from a strip of cloth or metal.

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

Technique
Chiselled

Associated Signs
7 lines with "bells"
Associated Inscriptions
KhU 81-82; and 84 (on an adjacent face)
Site
Ḫirbat al-Umbāshī, Syria
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0010017
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