KMHH 9
Text Information
- Siglum
- KMHH 9
- Transliteration
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{r}{ḥ}km w nk hls¹m
Ahmad Al-Jallad
- Translation
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{Rḥkm} and he had sex with Hls¹m
Ahmad Al-Jallad
- Language and Script
- Dhofari 2
Interpretation
- Commentary
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This inscription seems to have been written after the Script 1a text painted on the same panel. It attests the common nk formula, which allows for a preliminary translation: 'Rḥkm and he had sex with Hls1m.’
nk: This is a 3rd masculine singular suffix conjugated verb meaning 'to have sex', and is attested in Safaitic, Hismaic, and in Thamudic D as both nyk and nk.
It is also possible to interpret the following h a clitic pronoun referring back to rḥkm. In this case, the subject of the verb would be a man called Ls1m. Though neither name is attested, both can be derived from known Arabic roots. More likely, however, is that Rḥkm is the subject of the verb nk and Hls¹m its direct object. Both names would then terminate in mimation.
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
- Right to left
- Associated Inscriptions
- Al-Jallad, A. Preliminary Notes on Script 2 of the Dhofari Epigraphic Complex: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17276961.
- 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 [Unpublished but available on http://www.ancientarabia.co.uk/ under "Projects"/"Dhofar epigraphic project".] 1993.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 H - the western Jebel (Jabal Qamar), Dhofar Governorate, Oman
- Date Found
- 1991-1992
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subject
- Sexual references
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Updated
10 Oct, 2025
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Ahmad Al-Jallad
Cite this Site
Al-Jallad, Ahmad. 'KMHH 9.' OCIANA. 10 Oct, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/45859. Accessed: 20 Nov, 2025.