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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

KJB 59

Text Information

Siglum
KJB 59
Transliteration
w l s²ṣr ḫṭṭ bkrt w gml
Translation
And by S²ṣr is [the] drawing of a young she-camel and a camel

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
King (1990: 266) commented: "Written down the rock. w gml is written between the legs of the camel to which it refers. For texts referring to drawings introduced by w l, see KJB 61 on this rock and Ch.4.B.3".

Original Reading Credit
King 1990: 266
Original Translation Credit
King 1990: 266

  • 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 [Unpublished]. 1990.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
Drawing, Drawing of a domestic animal
Script
Hismaic
Old OCIANA ID
#0048103
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