KMD 48
Text Information
- Siglum
- KMD 48
- Transliteration
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gḥgḥ
ġl{ṭ}Ahmad Al-Jallad - Translation
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Gḥgḥ {transgressed}
Ahmad Al-Jallad
- Language and Script
- Dhofari 1a
Interpretation
- Commentary
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gḥgḥ: This anthroponym seems to be cognate with Arabic ǧaḥǧāḥ 'chief'. It is not attested previously in ANA, but the name gḥ is encountered in Safaitic.
Ahmad Al-Jallad
- Editio Princeps
- Al-Shaḥrī and King 1993
- Field Collector
- G.M.H. King and A.A.M. Al-Shaḥrī
- Technique
- Painted
- Direction of Script
- Vertical columns right to left
- 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 [Unpublished but available on http://www.ancientarabia.co.uk/ under "Projects"/"Dhofar epigraphic project".] 1993.
- [Lane] Lane, E.W. An Arabic-English Lexicon, Derived from the Best and Most Copious Eastern Sources. (Volume 1 in 8 parts [all published]). London: Williams & Norgate, 1863-1893.
- Site
- Area D - Between the Wadi Arzat and Medinat al-Ḥaq roads, Dhofar Governorate, Oman
- Date Found
- 1991-1992
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subject
- Query (subject uncertain)
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Updated
19 Sep, 2025
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Ahmad Al-Jallad
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Al-Jallad, Ahmad. 'KMD 48.' OCIANA. 19 Sep, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/45837. Accessed: 20 Feb, 2026.