DhSh 2

Text Information

Siglum
DhSh 2
Transliteration
gdʿ
br klb
b[r] ----
Ahmad Al-Jallad
Translation
Gdʿ son of Klb [son of] ----
Ahmad Al-Jallad
Language and Script
Dhofari 1a

Interpretation

Commentary

gdʿ: This name is rare in ANA, attested only once in Safaitic and once in Dadanitic. It is cognate with the Arabic ǧadaʿ- meaning 'lad'. It is also possible, although less likely, to read this name as gdd 'new,' which is much better attested in ANA. 

klb: This corresponds to the common Semitic animal name kalb- 'dog'. 

The inscription appears to be unfinished. The author began a third column with the letter b, perhaps introducing a third generation but then abandoned the text.

Ahmad Al-Jallad

Editio Princeps
OCIANA
Field Collector
Muḥammad ʿīsā Sālim Balḥāf al-Mahrī

Technique
Painted
Direction of Script
Vertical columns right to left

  • [DhSh] Dhofari inscriptions from Shaḥrūt, Yemen
Site
Shaḥrūt, Al Mahrah Governorate, Yemen
Date Found
2025
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
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Updated 15 Aug, 2025 by Ahmad Al-Jallad

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Al-Jallad, Ahmad. 'DhSh 2.' OCIANA. 15 Aug, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/45807. Accessed: 07 Sep, 2025.