KRS 6

Siglum
KRS 6
Transliteration
l s²ḥl bn s¹krn bn ḫṭs¹t w wgd [ʾ][ṯ]{r} {w}ny w ghm f bʾs¹ mẓll ʿl- hm {r}ġmn mny w wlh ʿl -hm l- ʾbd w ʿl- zkr w ʿl- ḫlṣ rġmn mny kll -hm w [ʿ]l- s¹ʾl mny s²dd
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Translation
By S²ḥl son of S¹krn son of Ḫṭs¹t and he found {the traces} of {Wny} and Ghm and so for those who remain despair on their account struck down by Fate and he was distraught for ever with grief for them and for Zkr and for Ḫlṣ all of them struck down by Fate and for S¹ʾl a harsh Fate
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
The inscription is very worn between the letters wgd and y w ghm. There are faint traces of an ʾ r and w and it seems very likely that [ʾ][ṯ]{r} {w}ny should be restored. After the last occurrence of the connective w the author appears to have left out an ʿ .

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Scratched
Direction of Script
Curving

  • [HIn] Harding, G.L. An Index and Concordance of Pre-Islamic Arabian Names and Inscriptions. (Near and Middle East Series, 8). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1971.
  • [KRS] Inscriptions recorded by Geraldine King on the Basalt Desert Rescue Survey in north-eastern Jordan in 1989 and published here
  • [LP] Littmann, E. Safaïtic Inscriptions. Syria. Publications of the Princeton University Archaeological Expeditions to Syria in 1904–1905 and 1909. Division IV. Section C. Leiden: Brill, 1943.
Site
Wādī Salmā, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1989
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0020634
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA