KRS 169

Siglum
KRS 169
Transliteration
l nʿrt bn ḫdmt bn trml bn s¹ry bn s¹hm w ġz b- nḫl f h yṯʿ s¹lm w klʾ h- s¹my ḥḍ{r} mlḥ f ḏ{k}{r} f ʾmt f yʾs¹ f h bʿls¹mn r{w}ḥ w s¹lm
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Translation
By Nʿrt son of Ḫdmt son of Trml son of S¹ry son of S¹hm he was on a raid in a valley and so O Yṯʿ may he be secure and the sky withheld its rain during [the sun's] presence in Aquarius [mid-January-mid-February] then Aries [mid-March-mid-April] then Libra [mid-September-mid-October] and so he despaired so O Bʿls¹mn [grant] relief and security.
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
The text is damaged after the ḍ of ḥḍ{r} but it is possible a r should be restored. The k and r of ḏkr and the w of rwḥ are partly obscured by hammering. For the interpretation of the second half of the text see Al-Jallad 2016: 98.

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Curving boustrophedon

Associated Signs
Rays enclosed by a circle

  • Al-Jallad, A. An Ancient Arabian Zodiac. The Constellations in the Safaitic Inscriptions. Part II. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 27, 2016: 84–106.
  • [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
#0020797
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA