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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

KJC 260

Text Information

Siglum
KJC 260
Transliteration
w dʿ ḏs²r lḏf
Translation
And may Ḏs²r call Lḏf

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
King (1990: 359–360) commented: "Part of the f is covered by a chip in the rock. The ḏ’s are written with four prongs, the tail of the first one is inscribed out to the left and then bends down. The second has a short curve for the tail. For this type of prayer, see Ch.4.C.3".

Original Reading Credit
King 1990: 359–360
Original Translation Credit
King 1990: 359–360

  • 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 [Unpublished]. 1990.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
Subjects
Deity, Isolated Prayer, Religion
Script
Hismaic
Old OCIANA ID
#0049348
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