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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

King Archive 1

Text Information

Siglum
King Archive 1
Transliteration
l y{ġ}ṯ bn tm w wgm ʿl- bʿls¹mn
Translation
By {Yġṯ} son of Tm and he grieved for Bʿls¹mn

Interpretation

Commentary
Bʿls¹mn occurs occasionally as a personal name in Safaitic (see AKSJ 3c and cf .Bʿls¹my in C 88) and is presumably a hypocoristic of a theophoric compound. Like King Archive 2–3, and 4–6, the inscription is known only from polaroid prints discovered in the archive of Geraldine King.

Provenance
Unknown
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Chiselled

Associated Drawings
Drawing of a horseman claimed in King Archive 2
Associated Inscriptions

  • Inscriptions recorded by the late Geraldine King which were found in her archive after her death and are published here
Site
Jordan
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0034808
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