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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

MNM b 5

Text Information

Siglum
MNM b 5
Alternative Sigla
King 1990: 641
Transliteration
l yʿmr bn ns²l ḏ- ʾl ----m
Translation
By Yʿmr son of Ns²l of the lineage of ----m

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Milik: dʾl rather than ḏ ʾl. He suggests reading ntgḏm after ʾl.

Provenance
At Khirbat al-madayniyyah, north-east of Al-Karak (Milik 1958-1959: 342).
Original Reading Credit
King 1990
Original Translation Credit
King 1990

  • Milik, J.T. Nouvelles inscriptions sémitiques et grecques du pays de Moab. Liber Annuus 9, 1958-1959: 330-358.
  • 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 [Unpublished]. 1990.
Site
Al-Karak, Al-Karak Governorate, Jordan
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Genealogy, Lineage
Script
Hismaic
Old OCIANA ID
#0051891
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