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KJC 45

Text Information

Siglum
KJC 45
Transliteration
rb s¹qm w s¹rr w ḫrṣ b ḏfrn
Translation
Ḏfrn feels much sickness and happiness and discomfort

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
King (1990: 307) commented: "The text is written down on the left side of the rock and then curves to the right. The structure of the text is well-attested, see Ch.4.E.1, but the word ḫrṣ only occurs here. ḫariṣa in Ar. means ‘to conjecture, lie, be cold and hungry’ and I have translated ḫrṣ from the last of these as expressing a feeling of discomfort. ḏfrn is not in Harding 1971. Rock XXXI is a large boulder standing about 2 metres high. See Pl.IXa".

Original Reading Credit
King 1990: 307
Original Translation Credit
King 1990: 307

  • 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 [Unpublished]. 1990.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
Name only
Script
Hismaic
Old OCIANA ID
#0049110
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