CN.07-0001-01.11

Siglum
CN.07-0001-01.11
Alternative Sigla
Hayajneh 2000: 213, no 8
Transliteration
ntnw br šʿydw
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Translation
Ntnw son of Šʿydw
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Language and Script
Nabataean

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
Hayajneh 2000: 213, no 8:
Commentary
As Hayajneh points out (2009: 213), this inscription is a bilingual with a Hismaic inscription (his no. 8, and CH 07-0001-01.10) and, bizarrely, runs from left-to-right parallel with the Hismaic, and all the letters have been reversed to accommodate this direction.

  • [CH.] Corbett, G.J Mapping the mute immortals: A locational and contextual analysis of Thamudic E/Ḥismaic inscriptions and rock drawing from the Wādī Ḥafīr of southern Jordan. PhD Thesis (University of Chicago). 2010.
  • Hayajneh, H. Ancient North Arabian-Nabataean bilingual inscriptions from southern Jordan. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 39, 2009: 203-222.
Site
Wādī Ḥafīr, Al-‘Aqabah Governorate, Jordan
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0050040
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