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KRS 323

Siglum
KRS 323
Alternative Sigla
KRS 594
Transliteration
l hʿṣd bn ʿkd h- g{h}l
Translation
For Hʿṣd son of ʿkd is the {scratching post}

Interpretation

Commentary
KRS 323 and 594 are the same inscirption. The penultimate letter is rather carelessly inscribed. We have interpreted gḏl from Arabic ǧiḏl “a post, or piece of wood, that is set up in in the place where camels lie down, at their watering place, for the mangy camels to rub themselves against it.”(see Lane 397a). Alternatively it could be related to Arabic ǧaḏil “happy”.

Provenance
Jordan
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Special Letter Forms
ʿ's are are dots; ṣ loop is a dot; d loop is a dot
Technique
Direct hammered

Associated Inscriptions
KRS 304-312 (other face); 313-322 (third face)

  • 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
#0020951
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