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KhBG 432

Text Information

Siglum
KhBG 432
Transliteration
l ʾlh bn hggt s¹nt qtl s¹dn w ʾs¹fr hmdf f ḥln w h ʾlt ġnmt h- s¹nt
Translation
By ʾlh son of {Hggt} the year S¹dn was killed and he travelled hmdf f ḥln and O ʾlt [grant] booty this year

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
KhBG 432: suggests "mdf" is the name of a place or a person and "ḥln" is the name of a month or season.
Commentary
In the photograph the first letter of the second name might have a second prong. The verb ʾs¹fr occurs in C 1649 "w ʾs¹fr tdmr" and possibly in WH 3422 "----{l}ʾs¹frḥṯyt" where ḥṯyt could be a place name cf. KRS 2472.

Provenance
Wādī Ghuṣayn
Original Reading Credit
Ed. pr.
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Direct ham. & chiselled

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.
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
#0018317
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