KGH 4

Text Information

Siglum
KGH 4
Alternative Sigla
King 1990: 636
Transliteration
l ms¹lm bn ʾs²hl w wgm ʿl- [ḥmrt] w bny w ʿl- ʿmr
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Translation
By Ms¹lm son of ʾs²hl; and he grieved for {Ḥmrt} and he built, and for ʿmr
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Language and Script
Hismaic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Knauf: ʾlhl for ʾs²hl and wṯm rather than wgm. DISCUSSION King (1990: 636) commented: "The second letter of the patronymic is a straight line and I would read a s² rather than l as in the edition". Knauf (1980: 172) reads as Safaitic
Commentary
Labelled as KnEG 4 in King (1990: 636).

Editio Princeps
King 1990

  • [AMJ] 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 [Unpublished]. 1990.
  • [KGH] Knauf, E.A. Eine Gruppe safaitischer Inschriften aus der Ḥesmā. Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins 96, 1980: 169-173, pl. 11-13.
Site
Ǧabal Madfūf, Al-‘Aqabah Governorate, Jordan
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Building, Genealogy, Grieving
Old OCIANA ID
#0051551
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA