KRS 47

Siglum
KRS 47
Transliteration
l qnʾl bn ḥbk w tnẓr h- {ʾ}ḫl
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Translation
By Qnʾl son of Ḥbk and he watched the {valleys}
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
One fork of the ʾ is covered by an abrasion.There are light scratches covering the middle part of the inscription. ʾḫl is probably the plural of nḫl “valley”, in which the [n] has been assimilated, as in ʾfs¹ < ʾnfs¹.

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Incised & scratched
Direction of Script
Curving

  • [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
#0020675
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA