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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

KRS 2

Siglum
KRS 2
Transliteration
l ḫlʾ bn tm bn mlk w qṣṣ s²nʾt {ʿ}l- rgl -h w s¹lm w mgd
Translation
By Ḫlʾ son of Tm son of Mlk and he tracked an enemy {on} foot and he was secure and attained glory

Interpretation

Commentary
s²nʾt is either an alternative to the collective s²nʾ (‘enemies’) or a singular (‘an enemy’). The letter which follows s²nʾt looks at first sight like a w, and it is difficult to make sense of w l- rgl -h in this context. However, the central line of the w does not seems to be complete and it is just possible that it is a ʿ.

Original Reading Credit
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Original Translation Credit
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Technique
Incised & scratched

  • Inscriptions recorded by Geraldine King on the Basalt Desert Rescue Survey in north-eastern Jordan in 1989 and published here
Site
Wādī Salmā, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1989
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0020630
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