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KJB 31

Text Information

Siglum
KJB 31
Transliteration
rb s²q s¹rr b ʿlṭ w mbʿ{l} ʾl- ----
Translation
ʿlṭ and {Mbʿl} feel much yearning of happiness towards ----

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
King (1990: 260) commented: "See Ch.4.E.1. for love texts of this type. The names ʿlṭ and mbʿl are not in Harding 1971. See Index a for other occurrences at these sites and see KJB 38 and 41 on this rock".

Original Reading Credit
King 1990: 260
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

  • 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.
  • 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 [Unpublished]. 1990.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
Subject
Yearning
Script
Hismaic
Old OCIANA ID
#0048074
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