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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

KRS 4

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 4
Transliteration
l zwlt bn m{{ġ}}{{n}}{{y}} {{b}}{{n}} s²br bn s¹ry <<>> bn s¹mʿ
Translation
By Zwlt son of {Mġny} {son of} S²br son of S¹ry son of S¹mʿ

Interpretation

Commentary
The shapes of some of the letters of the second and third names have been altered. The ġ has an additional curve on the curving part of the letter, both n's in this part of the text have been turned into loops, the y has been made into an elongated figure of eight, the b's of bn and s²br have a double curve and the s² of s²br has a line inscribed down one side of the zig-zag. It seems that the author wrote a s¹ after the name s¹ry and then wrote bn s¹mʿ realizing that he had forgotten the bn.

Original Reading Credit
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Original Translation Credit
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Special Features
Doubling of lines of letters
Technique
Scratched

Associated Inscriptions

  • 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
#0020632
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