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KhS 2

Text Information

Siglum
KhS 2
Transliteration
l ʾʾs¹d bn ʾnʿm bn ʾʾs¹d w ʾḫḏ grm h- frs¹
Translation
By ʾʾs¹d son of ʾnʿm son of ʾʾs¹d and Grm took possession of the horse

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
KhS 2: "...and Grm bought the horse" (yaqūlūna ʾaḫaḏtu šayʾan min fulān bi-maʿnā ištaraytu-hu).
Commentary
This inscription is found on the same rock as the drawing described in Associated Drawings. All of the senses of Safaitic ʾḫḏ are not yet clear. It is, however, unlikely that the author (ʾʾs¹d) would not mention himself in the narrative. image not available

Original Reading Credit
Ed. pr.
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
No copy/photo

Associated Signs
seven lines
Associated Drawings
horseman spearing a gazelle
Associated Inscriptions

  • Al-Khraysheh, F. Al-ṣayd ʿind al-ʿarab al-ṣafāʾiyīn qabl al-islām. Journal of Epigraphy and Rock Drawings 1, 2007: 9-28.
Site
Wādī Sārah, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0030274
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