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KhS 45

Text Information

Siglum
KhS 45
Transliteration
l ʿṣʿd bn fḥmn
Translation
By ʿṣʿd son of Fḥmn

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
KhMNS: ṣʿd for ʿṣʿd
Commentary
The edition omits the first ʿ, even though it is clear on the copy. The name ʿṣʿd might be the result of phonetic coloring of an original ʾ under the influence of the neighboring emphatic. This inscription appears behind the gazelle described in Associated Drawings.

Provenance
al-Ḥarrah al-ʾUrduniyyah
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Unidentifiable

Associated Drawings
A (naked?) hunter on foot shooting a female gazelle, which is mounted by a male gazelle, in the head with an arrow.;

  • 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
#0030318
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