KJB 55

Text Information

Siglum
KJB 55
Transliteration
l gḥfl ḫṭṭ
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Translation
By Gḥfl is [the] drawer
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Language and Script
Hismaic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TRANSLATION ḫṭṭ, King: "[the] inscriber". DISCUSSION King (1990: 265) commented: "On the left side of the rock. The circles of the g have been filled in and the lines of the f and ḥ hammered over an thickened. The inscription begins between the legs of a camel and ḫṭṭ is written down on the left side. For this type of text referring to drawings, see Ch.4.B.1".

Editio Princeps
King 1990: 265

  • [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 [Unpublished]. 1990.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 B, Al-‘Aqabah Governorate, Jordan
Current Location
In situ
Old OCIANA ID
#0048098
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