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KRS 344

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 344
Transliteration
l qḏy bn qdm bn mfny bn nʿmn bn whb w wgd ʾṯr dd -h f ngʿ w ḫrṣ ʿl- ʾb m- mdbr f s¹lm h s²ʿqm
Translation
By Qḏy son of Qdm son of Mfny son of Nʿmn son of Whb and he found the traces of his paternal uncle and so he was sad and he kept watch for ʾb from [the] inner desert and so [grant] security O S²ʿqm

Interpretation

Commentary
The h of s²ʿhqm has been omitted and it is possible that a h has also been left out after ʾb, and ʾb -h "his father" should be read. On the other hand, this may be one of a handful of examples of the divine name s²ʿ-h-qm spelt s²ʿqm, see for instance KRS 56, 399, 1342, etc.

Provenance
Jordan
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Incised

Associated Inscriptions
KRS 338-343; 345 (other face); 346 (third face); 347 (fourth 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
#0020972
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