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KRS 111

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 111
Transliteration
l nġft bn ʿm bn ʿly bn ḥḍg w wgd s¹fr ʾḥlm f y l- s²yʿ -h
Translation
By Nġft son of ʿm son of ʿly son of Ḥḍg and he found the writing of ʾḥlm and so {he cried} for his companion

Interpretation

Commentary
The text reads kby which seems most likely to be a metathesis for bky. It is difficult to know whether s²yʿ is singular or plural. The context suggests that it should be translated as the former.

Provenance
Jordan
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Special Letter Forms
f the third instance of the letter is only a slightly wavy line.
Technique
Scratched

Associated Inscriptions
KRS 109-110; 112; 113 (other face)

  • 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
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0020739
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