KRS 399

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 399
Transliteration
l ḫlṣ bn ʾknt w wgd ʾlqt f h s²ʿqm {r}s¹m ḥṭ ḏ s²mn bʾhhʿlf
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Translation
By Ḫlṣ son of ʾknt and he found ʾlqt and so O S²ʿqm {r}s¹mḥṭḏs²mnbʾhhʿlf
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
The letters are mainly clear but it is difficult to make sense of them. Note this is one of a handful of examples of the divine name s²ʿ-h-qm spelt s²ʿqm, see for instance KRS 56, 344, 1886, etc.

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Curving

Associated Signs
Miscellaneous lines
Associated Inscriptions

  • [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
#0021027
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA

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OCIANA. 'KRS 399.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/36852. Accessed: 07 Jun, 2025.