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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

TIJ 199+201

Siglum
TIJ 199+201
Alternative Sigla
King 1990: 661
Transliteration
l mʿ{h}n bn mʿnlh bn s²ṣr bn mʿnlh
Translation
By {Mʿhn} son of Mʿnlh son of S²ṣr son of Mʿnlh

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
King (1990: 661) commented: "The h of the first name is extremely doubtful and might be a g".

Provenance
It occurs on a large slanting rock face and its position in relation to each other have not been represented in the published facsimile (King 1999: 661).
Original Reading Credit
King 1990
Original Translation Credit
King 1990

  • Harding, G.L. & Littmann, E. Some Thamudic Inscriptions from the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Leiden: Brill, 1952.
  • 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 [Unpublished]. 1990.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
Rock on the West side of Wādī Ramm, north of the Fort, Al-‘Aqabah Governorate, Jordan
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Hismaic
Old OCIANA ID
#0051150
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