KMI 8-9

Image © G.M.H. King and M.C.A. Macdonald
Siglum
KMI 8-9
Transliteration
dmt bs²rt dby
Giuliano Castagna
Translation
Dmt (son of) Bs²rt (son of) Dby
Giuliano Castagna
Language and Script
Dhofari/Dhofari 1a

Interpretation

Commentary

A sequence of three personal names perhaps forming a geneology omitting the word br 'son.'

dmt: attested as a personal name once in Safaitic and once in Taymanitic.

bs²rt: This name is attested once in Safaitic.  

dby: A previously unattested name, cf. the Arabic root √dby~dbw 'locusts' (Lane 850).

Giuliano Castagna

Editio Princeps
Al-Shaḥrī and King 1993
Field Collector
G.M.H. King and A.A.M. Al-Shaḥrī

Technique
Carved
Direction of Script
Vertical columns

  • 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 [Unpublished but available on http://www.ancientarabia.co.uk/ under "Projects"/"Dhofar epigraphic project".] 1993.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 I - the Negd in the western region, Dhofar Governorate, Oman
Date Found
1991-1992
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
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Updated 02 Mar, 2026 by Ahmad Al-Jallad

Cite this Site

Giuliano Castagna, 'KMI 8-9,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 02 Mar, 2026. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/46019. Accessed: 05 Mar, 2026.