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WAM T 35

Siglum
WAM T 35
Alternative Sigla
King 1990: 677
Transliteration
[w] [d]ʿ ḏs²ry ḥbb
Translation
{And} may Ḏs²ry {call} Ḥbb

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Winnett: l ʿml by{ḥ}bb rather than [w] [d]ʿ ḏs²ry ḥbb. DISCUSSION King (1990: 677) commented: "The reading is from the published photograph. I have restored the first two letters on the basis of this type of prayer occurring elsewhere, see Ch.4.C.2".

Original Reading Credit
King 1990
Original Translation Credit
King 1990

  • Winnett, F.V. An Arabian Miscellany. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli 31 [N.S. 21], 1971: 443-454, pls 1-14.
  • 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 [Unpublished]. 1990.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
Ǧabal al-Barrah, Al-‘Aqabah Governorate, Jordan
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Deity, Isolated Prayer, Religion
Script
Hismaic
Old OCIANA ID
#0052013
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