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KhS 39

Text Information

Siglum
KhS 39
Transliteration
l s¹h bn ʾs¹ bn s¹r h- ḫṭṭ
Translation
By S¹h son of ʾs son of S¹r is this carving

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
KhMNS: Translation of s¹h as s¹hm (Sahm)
Commentary
There is no m following the first h; however, the author reads the name as s¹hm.

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

Technique
No copy/photo

Associated Signs
ten lines above the inscription and seven below it
Associated Drawings
A camel-rider pursuing three gazelles fleeing him.; He is holding a sword in one hand and the reins of his mount in the other
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
#0030312
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