KJA 256

Text Information

Siglum
KJA 256
Transliteration
{d}ḥb
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Translation
{Dḥb}
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Language and Script
Hismaic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
King (1990: 232) commented: "The d has been filled in and the reading of the letter is uncertain. There is a further b below the horns of an ibex which might be a continuation of the text. dḥb is not in Harding 1971".

Editio Princeps
King 1990: 232

  • [HIn] 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.
  • [AMJ] 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 [Unpublished]. 1990.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
Name only
Old OCIANA ID
#0047941
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