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KJC 29

Siglum
KJC 29
Transliteration
l ʿrhz bn mhṣ bn ʾs¹y
Translation
By ʿrhz son of Mhṣ son of ʾs¹y

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
King (1990: 302) commented: "Written vertically down from the beginning of KJC 28. The third letter looks more like a b than a r, I have read ʿrhz on the basis of the name occurring elsewhere at these sites. mhṣ is not in Harding 1971".

Original Reading Credit
King 1990: 302
Original Translation Credit
King 1990: 302

  • 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 [Unpublished]. 1990.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 C, Al-‘Aqabah Governorate, Jordan
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Hismaic
Old OCIANA ID
#0049093
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