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KJA 32

Siglum
KJA 32
Transliteration
n{k} m[r]ʾmnt
Translation
{Mrʾmnt} {had sex}

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
King (1990: 187) commented: "The spine of the k is faint. There is an abrasion after the m and I have restored a r. For love texts using nk, see Ch.4.E.2. mrʾmnt is not in Harding 1971".

Original Reading Credit
King 1990: 187
Original Translation Credit
King 1990: 187

  • 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 [Unpublished]. 1990.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
#0047707
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