KRS 130

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 130
Transliteration
l {{h}}dn {{b}}{{n}} {{s¹}}{{h}}m {{b}}{{n}} qḥs² bn ml{{k}} w ḏ{{k}}{{r}} {{b}}n{{-h}} f tʿql
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Translation
By {Hdn} {son of} {s¹hm} {son of} Qḥs² son of {Mlk} and {he remembered} {his} {son} and so was unable to speak
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
Several of the letters have been altered with the addition of thin lines. The first and second h's have been changed into ʾ's; lines have been added to the b's and n's of the first and second bn's; the s¹ of the second name has been changed into a ḥ by the addition of a middle line; the l of the fourth name has been turned into a h; the following k and that of the next word have a line joining the inner arm of the crossbar and the bottom of the curve; the next letter is a r with the two arms joined by a line; the following b has been changed into a h and the h after the following n has been altered to a y by the addition of a line across the forks.

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Special Features
Addition of lines
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
Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1989
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0020758
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA