KME 68-69
Text Information
- Siglum
- KME 68-69
- Transliteration
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l ḥwdb
br kws³rAhmad Al-Jallad (2025d) - Translation
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By Ḥwdb son of Kws³r
Ahmad Al-Jallad (2025d)
- Language and Script
- Dhofari 1a
Interpretation
- Commentary
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kws³r: This name corresponds etymologically to Quranic kawṯar. Although the barbel glyph is used, its sound value in Dhofari 1a is likely [s].
Ahmad Al-Jallad
- Editio Princeps
- Al-Shaḥrī and King 1993
- Field Collector
- G.M.H. King and A.A.M. Al-Shaḥrī
- Special Letter Forms
- Dotted d
- Technique
- Painted
- Direction of Script
- Vertical columns right to left
- Al-Jallad, A. The Decipherment of the Dhofari Script: Three halḥam abecedaries and the first glimpses into the corpus. Jaarbericht Ex Oriente Lux (JEOL) 49, 2025d: 119-147
- Al-Shaḥrī, A.A.M. & King, G.M.H. The Dhofar Epigraphic Project. A Description of the Inscriptions recorded in 1991 and 1992. [Unpublished but available on http://www.ancientarabia.co.uk/ under "Projects"/"Dhofar epigraphic project".] 1993.
- Site
- Area E - Between the Medinat al-Haq road and the town of Tawi Atir, Dhofar Governorate, Oman
- Date Found
- 1991-1992
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subject
- Genealogy
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Updated
14 Jul, 2025
by
Ahmad Al-Jallad
Cite this Site
(2025d), Ahmad Al-Jallad and Ahmad Al-Jallad. 'KME 68-69.' OCIANA. 14 Jul, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/45794. Accessed: 27 Nov, 2025.