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TIJ 402

Text Information

Siglum
TIJ 402
Alternative Sigla
King 1990: 669
Transliteration
l grs²ʿ bn n{ḥ}l
Translation
By Grs²ʿ son of {Nḥl}

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Harding & Littmann: ṯrs²ʿ bn nṭl rather than grs²ʿ bn n{ḥ}l. DISCUSSION King (1990: 669) commented: "The penultimate letter is doubtful as it has not got a tail and might be a ṭ. Furthermore, the middle arm of the letter is inscribed in a slightly different technique to the rest of the letter and perhaps it is extraneous and the letter should be read as b".

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 [Unpublished]. 1990.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
Wādī al-Layyah, tributary of Wādī Ramm, Al-‘Aqabah Governorate, Jordan
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Hismaic
Old OCIANA ID
#0051353
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