CH.R653.06

Siglum
CH.R653.06
Transliteration
l {ʿ}{n}{ʾ}{l} ḫṭṭ
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Translation
By {ʿnʾl} is [the] drawer
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Language and Script
Hismaic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TRANSLATION ḫṭṭ, Corbett: "(he) carved". To take ḫṭṭ as a verb here is too vague in a context where the inscription is in effect a signature to the drawing. DISCUSSION Corbett (2010: 344–345) commented: "PN1 has been thoroughly effaced and the reading is somewhat doubtful. There is a crack in the face of the stone above the initial l".

Editio Princeps
Corbett 2010

  • [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.
Site
Wādī Ḥafīr, Al-‘Aqabah Governorate, Jordan
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Name only
Old OCIANA ID
#0050576
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