QRHHA Grk 1

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QRHHA Grk 1
Transliteration
[Μ][α]λχος Εὐδήμου τοῦ Μαλεχ[ο][υ] [τοῦ Εὐδήμου ----]
OCIANA
Translation
Malchos son of Eudemos grandson of Malechos
[great‐grandson of Eudemos ----]
OCIANA
Language and Script
Greek/Greek

Interpretation

Commentary
This text forms a bilingual inscription with QRHHA 1. The Greek portion fully hellenizes the Arabian name ʾedām as Εὔδημος (Hayajneh et al. 2024: 4), a strategy encountered for the first time in the small corpus of Safaitic-Greek bilingual texts.

Editio Princeps
Hayajneh, Harahsheh & Aliquot 2024

Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Left to right

Associated Inscriptions

  • [QRHHA] Hayajneh, H., Harahsheh, R. & Aliquot, J. A Safaitic–Greek Graffito by a Shepherd in the Black Desert of Jordan. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 2024: 1-7
Site
Qāʿ Raʿd, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
2011-2012
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
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Updated 08 Dec, 2024 by Ahmad Al-Jallad