KMJ 7
Text Information
- Siglum
- KMJ 7
- Transliteration
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mrr drb
Giuliano Castagna
- Translation
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Passerby (lit. one who passes by the road)
Giuliano Castagna
- Language and Script
- Dhofari/Dhofari 1a
Interpretation
- Commentary
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In this inscription, Script 1a is used horizontally from left to right. Other instances of Script 1a in a horizontal stance are Shahri 1, KMGH 11 and DhI 4. It is possible that these are simply two personal names. However, their meanings form a coherent phrase so we have given a maximal interpretation along these lines.
mrr: This term is linked to the root √mrr 'to pass, to be bitter' which yields cognates in several Semitic language (Leslau 1987: 360). This form could be interpreted as an active participle or verb.
drb: A likely cognate of Arabic darb 'road, path' (Lane 866).
It is possible to read the inscription in reverse producing br drrm 'son of Drrm'. However, this is unlikely as it would be strange for a text to begin with the patronymic.
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
- 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 [Unpublished but available on http://www.ancientarabia.co.uk/ under "Projects"/"Dhofar epigraphic project".] 1993.
- Site
- Area J - The Negd in the eastern region to the east of the Thamrayt road, Dhofar Governorate, Oman
- Date Found
- 1991-1992
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subject
- Movement
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