KRS 56

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 56
Transliteration
l ġyrʾl bn hnʾ h- gml w h s²ʿqm s¹lm
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Translation
By Ġyrʾl son of Hnʾ is [the drawing of] the male camel and O S²ʿqm [grant] security
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
Note this is one of a handful of examples of the divine name s²ʿ-h-qm spelt s²ʿqm, see for instance KRS 344, 399, HaNSB 13, etc.

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Incised & scratched
Direction of Script
Curving edge

Associated Drawings
KRS 56 d/1

  • [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
Al-Mafraq Antiquities Office and Museum
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0020684
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA