KRS 27

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 27
Transliteration
l s²rk bn ms²dt w tʾmr ʾḫ -h bʿd f qṣf f h lt qbll
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Translation
By S²rk son of Ms²dt and his brother was appointed commander far away and so he was anxious and so O Lt [grant] a reunion
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
The verb tʾmr could be tafaʿʿala (V) Form taʾammara which in Arabic can mean “to be appointed commander” (Lane 96c). For the translation of qbll as “[grant] a reunion” and qṣf as "anxious" see Al-Jallad 2015: 333 and 334

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Direct hammered
Direction of Script
Curving

  • Al-Jallad, A. An Outline of the Grammar of the Safaitic Inscriptions. (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics, 80). Leiden: Brill, 2015.
  • [KRS] 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
Old OCIANA ID
#0020655
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA