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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

KhU 73

Text Information

Siglum
KhU 73
Alternative Sigla
AASS 4
Transliteration
l khl bn zʾbr bn ʿmr w ḫr<<>>ṣ f h rḍw flṭ
Translation
By Khl son of Zʾbr son of ʿmr and {he kept watch}; and so O Rḍw [grant] deliverance

Interpretation

Commentary
By the same author as KhU 14. An ʿ has been scratched more thinly than the other letters between the ḫ and the ṣ of ḫrṣ. The text is enclosed in a thinly scratched cartouche which is crossed at one point by seven lines.

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

Name Distinguished
Larger-normal/normal
Technique
Incised

Associated Signs
7 lines on cartouche and sun sign
Site
Ḫirbat al-Umbāshī, Syria
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0010007
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