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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

KJB 1

Text Information

Siglum
KJB 1
Transliteration
w w ḏs²ry l s¹d ġny
Translation
[w] and [may] Ḏs²ry [grant] to S¹d freedom from want

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
King (1990: 253) commented: "The author has begun the text with two w’s. The s² is similar to the form of the letter found in Safaitic. For this type of prayer, see Ch.4.C.3. ġny cf. Ar. ġanāʾ ‘freedom from want’".

Original Reading Credit
King 1990: 253
Original Translation Credit
King 1990: 253

  • 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 [Unpublished]. 1990.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 B, Al-‘Aqabah Governorate, Jordan
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Deity, Isolated Prayer, Religion
Script
Hismaic
Old OCIANA ID
#0048044
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