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KhBG 259

Text Information

Siglum
KhBG 259
Transliteration
----ʾl bn gd h- dr w ṣyr ḏʿṯrmm
Translation
----ʾl son of Gd was here and he returned to the watering place ḏʿṯrmm

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
KhBG 259: l ʾḫʾl bn gd h- dr w ṣyr b- ḏ ʿṯr m- m[d][b][r]. "w-irtḥala bi-(©ahr) ḏ¡ ʿṯr min aṣ-ṣahræʾ"
Commentary
There are the letters l ʾ and ḫ above the letters "ʾl" but it is not clear that they belong to this inscription and there are ink marks before the letters "ʾl" suggesting there might be other damaged letters before them.

Provenance
Wādī Ghuṣayn
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Copy only

Associated Remains
Cairn 12
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
#0018138
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