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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

KhS 14

Text Information

Siglum
KhS 14
Transliteration
l s²km bn whs² w mlḥ f ʾlt s¹lm
Translation
By S²km son of Wḥs² and he traded salt so ʾlt [grant] security

Interpretation

Commentary
The edition argues that the drawing predates the inscriptions that accompany it on the same rock because they are inscribed along the edge while the drawing takes up the most space in the middle. The fact that neither KhS 14 or 15 mentions the drawing might support this view.

Provenance
al-Ḥarrah al-ʾUrduniyyah
Original Reading Credit
Ed. pr.
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Scratched

Associated Drawings
A horseman spearing a gazelle
Associated Inscriptions

  • Al-Khraysheh, F. Al-ṣayd ʿind al-ʿarab al-ṣafāʾiyīn qabl al-islām. Journal of Epigraphy and Rock Drawings 1, 2007: 9-28.
Site
Wādī al-Qaṭṭāfī, Jordan
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0030286
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