OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

KhS 47

Text Information

Siglum
KhS 47
Transliteration
l ʿṯm bn qdm bn ḥny
Translation
By ʿṯm son of Qdm son of Ḥny

Interpretation

Commentary
This inscription is below the herd described in Associated Drawings. The edition interprets one of the crudely drawn gazelles in the drawing as a man wearing a gazelle skin to disguise himself among the herd. image not available

Provenance
al-Ḥarrah al-ʾUrduniyyah
Original Reading Credit
Ed. pr.
Original Translation Credit
Ed. pr.

Technique
Unidentifiable

Associated Drawings
A herd of six gazelles and possibly a crudely drawn seventh.; A hunter appears to be lying in wait with a bow.
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
#0030320
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