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KhBG 500

Text Information

Siglum
KhBG 500
Transliteration
l whb bn kyn {h-} wqʿt
Translation
Whb son of Kyn is at the watering hole

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
KhBG 500: l whb bn kyn ḏ w q ʿ t not translated.
Commentary
On the photograph, the line read as a third prong of the tenth letter does not appear to be joined to the rest of the letter and is probably extraneous. For the interpretation of wqʿt see Al-Jallad & Jaworska (in press).

Provenance
Wādī Ghuṣayn
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Scratched

Associated Remains
Cairn 16
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. & Jaworska, K.A. Dictionary and Grammar of the Safaitic Inscriptions. Volume I: Dictionary. Leiden: Brill, 2019
Site
Wādī and Biyār al-Ġuṣayn, Jordan
Date Found
01.07.1990-24.07.1990
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Genealogy, Watering
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0018386
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