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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

WAM T 5

Text Information

Siglum
WAM T 5
Alternative Sigla
King 1990: 675
Transliteration
l {l}bn bn {ḍ}hn
Translation
By {Lbn} son of {Ḍhn}

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Winnett: {g}hn rather than {ḍ}hn. DISCUSSION King (1990: 675) commented: "The first two letters are straight lines and the second might be a s². From the copy the seventh letter is probably a ḍ".

Original Reading Credit
King 1990
Original Translation Credit
King 1990

  • Winnett, F.V. An Arabian Miscellany. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli 31 [N.S. 21], 1971: 443-454, pls 1-14.
  • 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 [Unpublished]. 1990.
Site
Wādī Ramm area, Al-‘Aqabah Governorate, Jordan
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Hismaic
Old OCIANA ID
#0051994
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