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AH 347

Siglum
AH 347
Transliteration
ʿlbḍn/nṭr/ʿny k{h}m
Translation
ʿlbḍn guarded ʿny {Khm}

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Abū l-Ḥasan: f nyk hm---- for ʿny k{h}m. TRANSLATION Abū l-Ḥasan: nyk as a verb and hm---- as a personal pronoun.
Commentary
The personal names ʿny and k{h}m are also attested in Safaitic (Harding 1971: 445, 506).

Provenance
Jabal Iṯlib
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Incised

  • Abū ʾl-Ḥasan, Ḥ.ʿA.D. Nuqūš liḥyānīyah min minṭaqat al-ʿulā. (Dirāsah taḥlīliyyah muqāranah). al-Riyāḍ: Wizārat al-maʿārif, 2002. pp 300
  • Harding, G.L. An Index and Concordance of Pre-Islamic Arabian Names and Inscriptions. (Near and Middle East Series, 8). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1971.
Site
Madāʾin Ṣāliḥ, Al-Madīnah Province, Saudi Arabia
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Military, Watch (keeping)
Script
Dadanitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0033351
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