OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

KWQ 115

Text Information

Siglum
KWQ 115
Transliteration
l mlʿ bn ʿṭf bn s¹lmn w ḥy{ḍ}
Translation
By Mlʿ son of ʿṭf son of S¹lmn w ḥy{ḍ}

Interpretation

Commentary
The last letter is a square shape with a cross in it. It might be an unusual form of ḍ or it could be a t with a square inscribed around the cross for decoration. There is a cartouche surrounding the inscription. Lane 686c: ḥyḍ ḥāḍat "she menstruated"; 670b: ḥwḍ ḥāḍa al-māʾ "he collected the water" ḥāḍa "he made a ḥawḍ (a place in which water collects or is collected)"

Provenance
Wādī Qattafi
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA

Special Letter Forms
ḍ grid of 3 lines
Technique
Direct hammered

Associated Inscriptions
Site
Tell 6, Jordan
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0024271
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