KRS 259

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 259
Transliteration
l ġṯ bn ġṯ bn hnʾl bn [[ẓ]]nnʾl bn ʾḥlm w ʿwr l- ḏ ʿwr h- tll
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Translation
By Ġṯ son of Ġṯ son of Hnʾl son of Ẓnnʾl son of ʾḥlm and [inflict] blindness on whoever scratches out the words
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
It looks as though part of an ʾ was written at the beginning of the fourth name and then incorporated into one of the lines of the ẓ.

Editio Princeps
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Name Distinguished
Rocking blade/incised
Technique
Rocking-blade & incised
Direction of Script
Boustrophedon

  • [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
#0020887
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA