CH.R310.1

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: Corbett (2010: 307) commented: "This large boulder guards the entrance to Wādī Ḫāyneh. The majority of the carving activity was focused around a large drawing of an oryx hunt (a1-a6). The whitish patina of the main drawing (a1) suggests that it has been retouched (and perhaps added to) in more recent times, although the basic shape of the oryx must be original (most of the original tail of the oryx is still visible). It is unclear how many different artists participated in the carving of the multiple elements that are found in and around the scene, although it is likely that most of them were carved by s¹mdt [son of zdlh] of the s²hr lineage. A later curved mark occurs above and to the right of the inscription. A natural rounded mark occurs above the initial l".

[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.

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