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KhBG 411

Text Information

Siglum
KhBG 411
Transliteration
l hs¹m bn gḥfl bn s¹dy w ʿm{y} h----s¹r b- ḏkr ʿgzt
Translation
By Hs¹m son of Gḥfl son of S¹dy w ʿm{y} h----s¹r when the sun was in Aries ʿgzt

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
KhBG 411: w ʿm lh ys¹r b- ḏkr ʿgzt "wa yussarat (kiṯratan) wilādatu iblihi (wa ʾaġnæmihi) fī (manṭaqati) Ḏkr sannatan ©aḥḥat al-ʾamṭār"
Commentary
The letter after the second m has a slightly rounded end and it seems likely it is a y. The letter before the third s¹ is damaged. It could be a y h or l. It is not clear from the commentary how the editor interprets the letters l and h after the second m.

Provenance
Wādī Ghuṣayn
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Copy only

Associated Remains
Cairn 14
Associated Inscriptions

  • Al-Khraysheh, F.H. Nuqūš ṣafawiyah min biyār al-ġuṣayn. (Mudawwanat al-nuqūš al-urduniyah, 1). Irbid: Ǧāmiʿat al-yarmūk, 2002.
  • Al-Jallad, A.M An Ancient Arabian Zodiac. The Constellations in the Safaitic Inscriptions. Part II. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 27, 2016: 84–106.
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
#0018295
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