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TIJ 365

Text Information

Siglum
TIJ 365
Alternative Sigla
Jamme 1974: 152; King 1990: 668
Transliteration
l qn{f} bn s¹ḥ{r}
Translation
By {Qnf} son of {S¹ḥr}

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Harding & Littmann: qnt bn s¹ḥm rather than qn{f} bn s¹ḥ{r}. DISCUSSION King (1990: 668) commented: "Jamme's comment ("The third letter of the first name cannot be read certainty, Jamme 1974: 152, n. 185) is correct but I would suggest a f. The last letter is a complete circle, although the copy in TIJ is inaccurate. The most probable emendation would be to a r"
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Original Reading Credit
King 1990
Original Translation Credit
King 1990

  • Jamme, A. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe VII. Washington, DC: [privately produced], 1974. pp 152, n. 185
  • Harding, G.L. & Littmann, E. Some Thamudic Inscriptions from the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Leiden: Brill, 1952.
  • King, G.M.H. Early North Arabian Thamudic E. A preliminary description based on a new corpus of inscriptions from the Ḥismā desert of southern Jordan and published material. Ph.D thesis, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 1990. [Unpublished]. 1990.
Site
Bay opposite mouth of Wādī al-Layyah, Al-‘Aqabah Governorate, Jordan
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Hismaic
Old OCIANA ID
#0051316
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