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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

KJA 97

Text Information

Siglum
KJA 97
Transliteration
ʾn ġr b s¹m b[n] ʿ{h}l
Translation
I am fond of S¹m {son of} {ʿhl}

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
King (1990: 201) commented: "There is a chip and crack in the rock after the second b and I have restored a n. For this type of love text, see Ch.4.E.3".

Original Reading Credit
King 1990: 201
Original Translation Credit
King 1990: 201

  • 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 [Unpublished]. 1990.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
Genealogy
Script
Hismaic
Old OCIANA ID
#0047778
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