KRS 213

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 213
Transliteration
l s¹lm bn rgl bn zhrn w wgd ḫṭṭ ġyrʾl f ngʿ w ql ḫbl ḫrm ʾn ygll
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Translation
By S¹lm son of Rgl son of Zhrn and he found the carving of Ġyrʾl and so he grieved in pain and he said out loud “may any effacer go mad if he would erase [the inscription]”
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
For the interpretation of the last part of the text see Al-Jallad 2015: 9.

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Coil

Associated Inscriptions
KRS 214 (other face)

  • Al-Jallad, A. An Outline of the Grammar of the Safaitic Inscriptions. (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics, 80). Leiden: Brill, 2015.
  • [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
#0020841
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA