KhBG 398

Text Information

Siglum
KhBG 398
Transliteration
l bnyʿmr hnʾy h rḍy
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Translation
By Bnyʿmr hnʾy O Rḍy
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
KhBG 398: l bnʿmr hnʾ y rḍy
Commentary
The Bnyʿmr has been found several times before. OCIANA does not alas have access to the late Fawwaz Khraysheh's photographs of the KhBG inscriptions, but supposing that the facsimile is correct, there are several possible explanations for hnʾy. It could be the author's nisbah referring to an *ʾl nʾ or nʾt. This does not seem particularly likely. It could be the something requested of Rḍy, and the root H-N-ʾ would produce suitable subjects for such a prayer, "ease", "plentiful giving", etc. but the form with final -y is difficult to explain. A personal name hnʾy is otherwise unknown and so it is unlikely that it is the author's patronym with the bn omitted. We have therefore left it uninterpreted for the present.

Editio Princeps
Ed. pr.

Name Distinguished
Larger-normal/normal
Technique
Copy only
Direction of Script
Curving

Associated Remains
Cairn 14
Associated Inscriptions

  • [KhBG] 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, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
01.07.1990-24.07.1990
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0018281
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA