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KhBG 92

Text Information

Siglum
KhBG 92
Transliteration
l tm bn ḥy bn s²hr h- dr w nqʾt l- ḏ yʿwr h- s¹fr w ngʿ ʿ{l-} ʾb -h
Translation
Tm son of Ḥy son of S²hr was here and ejection from the grave on whoever erases the scratches out the inscription and he grieved in pain for his father

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
KhBG 92: "fhr" for "s²hr"; "{ʿ}l-" for "ʿl-".
Commentary
The first letter of the third name looks more like a s² than a f. As the editor points out the third l is a rather long curving line.

Provenance
Wādī Ghuṣayn
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Copy only

Associated Remains
Cairn 4
Associated Inscriptions

  • Al-Khraysheh, F.H. Nuqūš ṣafawiyah min biyār al-ġuṣayn. (Mudawwanat al-nuqūš al-urduniyah, 1). Irbid: Ǧāmiʿat al-yarmūk, 2002.
Site
Wādī and Biyār al-Ġuṣayn, Jordan
Date Found
01.07.1990-24.07.1990
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0017964
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