KJC 711

Siglum: KJC 711
Transliteration: {w} {ḏ}kr{t} lt zbʿ w bl{ṣ}{t} w ʿm{r} w zd----{s¹}[ʿ]dʾl ḫṭṭ
Translation: {And} may Lt {remember} Zbʿ and {Blṣt} and {ʿmr} and {Zd----} {s¹ʿdʾl} is [the] drawer

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: TRANSLATION ḫṭṭ, King: "[the] inscriber". DISCUSSION King (1990: 451) commented: "The text begins at the edge of the rock and curls round to the right. The second and third names of the prayer are written in smaller letters inside the loop created by the beginning and final part of the text. The text then continues to the left of the first word in a large outer curve. The text is badly damaged in parts. A section of the first w, half the ḏ and a part of the t is covered by hammering. The ṣ of the second name in the prayer is an odd shape as the line joining the fork and circle of the letter is not straight. There are traces of what might be a r after the m of the third name. No letters are visible after the first two of the fourth name and the author’s name at the end. There is sufficient space for three letters where the rock is chipped. The s¹ of the author’s name has no distinct tail and the letter I have restored as an ʿ has been completely hammered over. Neither blṣt nor zbʿ are in Harding 1971. For this type of prayer, see Ch.4.C.1".

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 [Unpublished]. 1990.