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KJA 346

Text Information

Siglum
KJA 346
Transliteration
w mṭr ḫṭṭ
Translation
And Mṭr is [the] drawer

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TRANSLATION ḫṭṭ, King: "[the] inscriber". DISCUSSION King (1990: 250) commented: "For this formula referring to drawings, see Ch.4.B.2. To the left of the inscription is perhaps a wasm, cf. Field 1952 nos. 464, 469, etc. or an attempt at an inscription".

Original Reading Credit
King 1990: 250
Original Translation Credit
King 1990: 250

  • Field, H. Camel Brands and Graffiti from Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Iran and Arabia. (Journal of the American Oriental Society. Supplement, 15). [Issued with volume 72: 4, 1952]. Baltimore, MD: American Oriental Society, 1952.
  • 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 [Unpublished]. 1990.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
Script
Hismaic
Old OCIANA ID
#0048032
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