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KRS 38

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 38
Transliteration
l mġyr bn ms¹k bn ʿmd bn mlk w ḫr{ṣ} f h lt w ds²r s¹lm w ʿhnt
Translation
By Mġyr son of Ms¹k son of ʿmd son of Mlk and he was on the look out and so O Lt and Ds²r [grant] security and ʿhnt

Interpretation

Commentary
Ḫrṣ here could also mean “he was hungry and cold”. The translation of ʿhnt is also difficult.

Provenance
Wādī Salmā
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Incised & 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
#0020666
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