KRS 59

Siglum: KRS 59
Transliteration: l ʿmn bn gnʾl bn ḥy bn ṣbḥ bn ḥy bn [[g]]nʾl bn whb w nyk s¹lm ʾmt s¹lm
Translation: By ʿmn son of Gnʾl son of Ḥy son of Ṣbḥ son of Ḥy son of {Gnʾl} son of Whb and he had sex with S¹lm, S¹lm's slave-girl

Interpretation

Commentary: It seems likely that the author made a mistake at the beginning of the sixth name and inscribed a straight line with a prong on the end which he then rubbed over and another short line. He then changed them into a g by drawing a curve to attach the lines at the top and joining them with a straight line at the bottom. Presumably, the two occurrences of s¹lm refer to two different people either with the same name or with names from the same root. The end can be translated either as above or as “S¹lm had intercourse with S¹lm's slave girl”.

Associated Inscriptions

Inscriptions recorded by Geraldine King on the Basalt Desert Rescue Survey in north-eastern Jordan in 1989 and published here