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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

KJC 295

Text Information

Siglum
KJC 295
Transliteration
w s¹lm bn ẓʿnt ḫṭṭ
Translation
And S¹lm son of Ẓʿnt is [the] drawer

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TRANSLATION ḫṭṭ, King: "[the] inscriber". DISCUSSION King (1990: 366–367) commented: "The inscription is written down the rock and then turns right. The s¹ has a slight line drawn across the opening. s¹lm bn ẓʿnt occurs in KJA 88 and KJC 749. For the formula referring to drawings, see Ch.4.B.2".

Original Reading Credit
King 1990: 366–367
Original Translation Credit
King 1990: 366–367

  • 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 [Unpublished]. 1990.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
#0049384
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