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KRS 132

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 132
Transliteration
l s¹ny bn ys¹lm bn ʿwḏn bn mlk bn qḥs² bn ḥḍg bn s¹wr bn {ġ}{ḍ}[ḍ]t bn ʾnḍt bn ws²y bn ḥmyn bn ḍf w s²ṭr w bʾs¹ w dn w qr l- ḏ yʿwr h- s¹fr
Translation
By S¹ny son of Ys¹lm son of ʿwḏn son of Mlk son of Qḥs² son of Ḥḍg son of S¹wr son of {Ġḍḍt} son of ʾnḍt son of Ws²y son of Ḥmyn son of Ḍf and [inflict] isolation and despair and contempt and cold on whoever scratches out the writing

Interpretation

Commentary
The second ḍ in the eighth name is restored on the basis of a similar genealogy occurring elsewhere. In the curse, the author has omitted the deityʾs name.

Provenance
Jordan
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Scratched

Associated Drawings
KRS 132 d/1

  • Inscriptions recorded by Geraldine King on the Basalt Desert Rescue Survey in north-eastern Jordan in 1989 and published here
  • Lane, E.W. An Arabic-English Lexicon, Derived from the Best and Most Copious Eastern Sources. (Volume 1 in 8 parts [all published]). London: Williams & Norgate, 1863-1893.
Site
Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1989
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0020760
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