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
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.

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.

Inscriptions recorded by Geraldine King on the Basalt Desert Rescue Survey in north-eastern Jordan in 1989 and published here
Al-Jallad, A.M An Ancient Arabian Zodiac. The Constellations in the Safaitic Inscriptions. Part II. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 27, 2016: 84–106.