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KJA 2

Siglum
KJA 2
Transliteration
ny[k] ----{g}b rqb----ʾ
Translation
{----gb} had {sex with} Rqb----ʾ

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
King (1990: 176) commented: "The text has been heavily scored over and filled in and the reading is doubtful. For texts using nyk, see, Ch.4.E.2. rqb is not in Harding 1971".

Original Reading Credit
King 1990: 176
Original Translation Credit
King 1990: 176

  • Harding, G.L. An Index and Concordance of Pre-Islamic Arabian Names and Inscriptions. (Near and Middle East Series, 8). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1971.
  • King, G.M.H. Early North Arabian Thamudic E. A preliminary description based on a new corpus of inscriptions from the Ḥismā desert of southern Jordan and published material. Ph.D thesis, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 1990. [Unpublished]. 1990.
Site
Wādī Ǧudayyid site A, Al-‘Aqabah Governorate, Jordan
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Sexual references
Script
Hismaic
Old OCIANA ID
#0047675
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