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MuNJ 2

Text Information

Siglum
MuNJ 2
Alternative Sigla
King 1990: 642
Transliteration
l ʾḥrs¹ bn ḥb bn ḫ[]{r}gt bn ḥb bn ḫby
Translation
By ʾḥrs¹ son of Ḥb son of {Ḫrgt} son of Ḥb son of Ḫby

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Al-Muḥaysin: ʾḥbs¹ rather than ʾḥrs¹ and ḫnbṯt for ḫ[]{r}gt. DISCUSSION King (1990: 642) commented: "There is a n in the copy after the first ḫ".
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Original Reading Credit
King 1990
Original Translation Credit
King 1990

  • King, G.M.H. Early North Arabian Thamudic E. A preliminary description based on a new corpus of inscriptions from the Ḥismā desert of southern Jordan and published material. Ph.D thesis, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 1990. [Unpublished]. 1990.
  • Al-Muḥaysin, Z. Naqūš ǧadīdah min ǧanūb al-ʾUrdun. Newsletter of the Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology Yarmouk University 5, 1988: 6–8
Site
North of al-Dīsah, Al-‘Aqabah Governorate, Jordan
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Hismaic
Old OCIANA ID
#0051896
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