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KJA 171

Text Information

Siglum
KJA 171
Transliteration
w dʿ ḏs²ry grf w ʾnʿm ḫṭṭ
Translation
And may Ḏs²ry call Grf, and ʾnʿm is [the] drawer

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TRANSLATION ḫṭṭ, King: "[the] inscriber". DISCUSSION King (1990: 216–217) commented: "The text is written down the rock and then curves up. For invocations of this type, see Ch.4.C.2".

Original Reading Credit
King 1990: 216–217
Original Translation Credit
King 1990: 216–217

  • 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 [Unpublished]. 1990.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
Subjects
Deity, Isolated Prayer, Religion
Script
Hismaic
Old OCIANA ID
#0047855
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