KRS 78

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 78
Transliteration
l ʾdm bn ys¹mʿ{l} bn ys¹mʿl bn ṣʿd w wgm ʿl- ʾḫ -h ʿl- ʾs¹ w ʿl- ḥd ʾḫ -h f h lt ryḥ w qyt
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Translation
By ʾdm son of {Ys¹mʿl} son of Ys¹mʿl son of Ṣʿd and he grieved for his brother for ʾs¹ and for Ḥd his brother and O Lt [grant] relief from adversity and protection
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
Part of the final letter of the second name is obscured by an Arabic text. The prayer might be interpreted either as rwḥ wqyt "the relief of protection" or it is possible that the author forgot to write a connective and intended rwḥ [w] wqyt "relief from adversity and [grant] protection". On qyt “protection” see Al-Jallad 2015: 352.

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Curving

Associated Inscriptions
Arabic

  • 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
Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1989
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0020706
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OCIANA. 'KRS 78.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/36531. Accessed: 04 Jul, 2025.