KhNSJ 1

Siglum
KhNSJ 1
Transliteration
l ḥnn bn ʿḏrʾl ḏ- ʾl ʿmrt w g{l}s¹ mn ʾ- dmt s¹nt mt mlk nbṭ
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Translation
By Ḥnn son of ʿḏrʾl of the lineage of ʿmrt and he halted on account of the downpour the year the king of Nabataea died.
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
KhnSJ: gls¹ for g{l}s¹
Commentary
On the published facsimile the second letter of gn{b} is shown as the same length as the n's in the text and is not only too short to be a l as read by the Ed. pr. but lacks their distinctive hook at one end. However on the photograph a hook can be seen at its lower extremity and it looks as though the letter extends across the ends of both lines 2 and 3. For ʾ-dmt "the downpour" see Al-Jallad & Jaworska under dmt

Editio Princeps
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Special Letter Forms
The ḥ is is like a f to the central loop of which aline has been added. The first ʾ is square but the others are normal.
Technique
Chiselled ?
Direction of Script
Boustrophedon

Associated Remains
Cairn

  • [SafDict] Al-Jallad, A. & Jaworska, K. A Dictionary of the Safaitic Inscriptions. Leiden: Brill, 2019
  • [KhNSJ] Al-Khraysheh, F.H. New Safaitic Inscriptions from Jordan. Syria 72, 1995: 401-414.
Site
A cairn 8 km north of the Baghdad road, 3 km south-east of Ḫirbat al-Šubaykah, Jordan
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Date (s¹nt), Genealogy, Lineage, Outside peoples, Weather
Old OCIANA ID
#0012724
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OCIANA. 'KhNSJ 1.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/718. Accessed: 24 Jun, 2025.