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KJA 138

Text Information

Siglum
KJA 138
Transliteration
l {q}n bn w{r}{l} bn ʿkl b[n] {s¹}rw bn ẓnn bn wḍʾ bn zhmn bn yḫld bn bns²br bn nbṭ
Translation
By {Qn} son of {Wrl} son of ʿkl {son of} {S¹rw} son of Ẓnn son of Wḍʾ son of Zhmn son of Yḫld son of Bns²br son of Nbṭ

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
King (1990: 210) commented: "The text gives ten generations and is the longest genealogy among the texts from this collection. Neither the whole nor part of the genealogy is repeated in other inscriptions. The ḍ of the name wḍʾ has an infilled circle".

Original Reading Credit
King 1990: 210
Original Translation Credit
King 1990: 210

  • 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 [Unpublished]. 1990.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
#0047819
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