KhU 27
Text Information
- Siglum
- KhU 27
- Transliteration
- l rmmt bn {y}tm h- {ḍ}{f}y w wrd b- mlḥ h- rḍmt
- Translation
- By Rmmt son of {Y}tm the {Ḍfite} and he went to water at Rḍmt during Aquarius
Interpretation
- Commentary
- The translation is by A. Al-Jallad. For the interpretation of mlḥ as "Aquarius" see Al-Jallad 2014: 215–221; 2016: 86, 93, 98. The first letter of the second name has a hammered mark over one end and is probably to be read as y.
- Provenance
- S.W. of the Safa
- Original Reading Credit
- OCIANA
- Original Translation Credit
- OCIANA
- Technique
- Chiselled
- Associated Signs
- Cartouche; 7 lines
- Associated Inscriptions
- KhU 23-26
- Al-Jallad, A.M. An ancient Arabian zodiac. The constellations in the Safaitic inscriptions, Part I. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 25, 2014: 214-230.
- Al-Jallad, A.M An Ancient Arabian Zodiac. The Constellations in the Safaitic Inscriptions. Part II. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 27, 2016: 84–106.
- Site
- Ḫirbat al-Umbāshī, Syria
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subject
- Genealogy
- Script
- Safaitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0009958
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