AMJ 011

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: TEXT Jobling: wasm s²ḏh rather than h ḏs²ry. He does not read the end of the text. DISCUSSION King (1990: 610) commented: "Macdonald (1986: 111 + 142, n. 75) mentions the deity’s name ḏs²ry. The text turns at a right angle after the l and the last three letters are read in the edition with AMJ 12. The l has not got a hook and the second letter of the proper name is a slightly curved stroke. It is different from the s² and r of the text, which are both quite distinctive, and, in this instance, I would suggest reading a b. For this type of prayer, see Ch.4.C.3".

Macdonald, M.C.A. ABCs and Letter Order in Ancient North Arabian. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 16, 1986: 101-168, pl. 1-2.
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 [Unpublished]. 1990.
Jobling, W.J. Preliminary Report of the Fourth Season of the ʿAqaba-Maʿan Archaeological and Epigraphic Survey 1982-1983. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 27, 1983: 197-208.