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KhBG 504

Text Information

Siglum
KhBG 504
Transliteration
l ʿrb h- dṣy w rʿy {h-} {n}ḫl
Translation
By ʿrb is the oryx and he pastured {the valley}

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
KhBG 504: l ʿrb h- dṣy wrʿyn h- ḫl "haḏæ al-ġazæl li-ʿrb wa raʿ¡næ al-ḫayl"
Commentary
It seems most likely that the fourth and fifth letters from the end are a metathesis and h- nḫl should be read.

Provenance
Wādī Ghuṣayn
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Copy only

Associated Drawings
KhBG 504 d/1
Associated Remains
Cairn 16

  • 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
#0018390
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