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KJC 648

Text Information

Siglum
KJC 648
Transliteration
w dʿ ḏs²ry r{b} w ḏfrn ḫṭṭ
Translation
And may Ḏs²ry call {Rb}, and Ḏfrn, [the] drawer

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TRANSLATION ḫṭṭ, King: "[the] inscriber". DISCUSSION King (1990: 437) commented: "The two clauses of the text are written parallel to each other, the beginning is on the right. The rock is chipped after the second name but traces of a b remain. For this type of prayer, see Ch.4.C.2. ḏfrn is not in Harding 1971. It occurs KJC 53 and KJC 45 as well".

Original Reading Credit
King 1990: 437
Original Translation Credit
King 1990: 437

  • 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 [Unpublished]. 1990.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
Subjects
Deity, Isolated Prayer, Religion
Script
Hismaic
Old OCIANA ID
#0049756
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