KRS 2453

Siglum
KRS 2453
Transliteration
l ḥg mt w lẓ ṭrm
f mykn ḫlf lyly -h w ʾwm -h
w h ʾ- bʿl ybt w l- -h bt w m nm
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Translation
Mōt has celebrated a feast the scorner eats
established is the succession of his nights and days
and behold Baʿal is cut off cut off indeed but not dead
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Language and Script
Hismaic

Interpretation

Commentary
The h's in the text all have forks with one line slightly longer than the other. See Al-Jallad 2015 (Echoes) for the translation.

Editio Princeps
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Special Letter Forms
h's one line of forks longer than the other
Technique
Incised & scratched
Direction of Script
Curving

Associated Inscriptions

  • [KRS] Inscriptions recorded by Geraldine King on the Basalt Desert Rescue Survey in north-eastern Jordan in 1989 and published here
Site
Qiṭār al-ʿAbd, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1989
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Deity
Old OCIANA ID
#0023086
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA