KJA 77

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: King (1990: 196–197) commented: "Written downwards under the belly of an ibex which was drawn by the author. The bn and the patronymic are written to the right of the first name and the word ḫṭṭ. For this formula used with drawings, see Ch.4.B.2 and for other occurrences of s¹yr bn s¹lm, see Index a".commented: "Above and to the right of Adr 27. The first three letters are written horizontally and the q below and to the left. The middle of the text is obscured by chipping but there would be sufficient room for two letters. Perhaps ʿ and t should be restored, bnʿtq occurs elsewhere, see Index a for occurrences of the name".

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 [Unpublished]. 1990.