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KJB 44

Siglum
KJB 44
Transliteration
l gḥfl bn ----hʾ b{n} s¹{h}{n}lh
Translation
By Gḥfl son of ----hʾ {son of} {S¹hnlh}

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
King (1990: 262) commented: "The text is written in three lines, one below the other. gḥfl bn bhʾ occurs elsewhere at these sites, see Index a, and perhaps a b should be restored as the eighth letter. The third name of the genealogy is very doubtful".

Original Reading Credit
King 1990: 262
Original Translation Credit
King 1990: 262

  • 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 [Unpublished]. 1990.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
Genealogy
Script
Hismaic
Old OCIANA ID
#0048087
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