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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

KRS 147

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 147
Transliteration
l s²rk bn s¹ḫr bn s²rk bn ġyrʾl bn ms²ʿr w wgd ʾṯr {ʿ}m -h f ngʿ f h lt s¹lm
Translation
By S²rk son of S¹ḫr son of S²rk son of Ġyrʾl son of Ms²ʿr and he found the traces of his {grandfather} and so he was sad and so O Lt [grant] security

Interpretation

Commentary
The ʿ of the word ʿm is doubtful. It seems likely that the author wrote the ʿ after the r of ʾṯr and then realising that he did not have enough room to complete the inscription continued above. However, the photograph is not good enough to be certain of this interpretation.

Provenance
Jordan
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Scratched

Associated Inscriptions

  • 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
#0020775
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