KRS 439

Siglum
KRS 439
Transliteration
l ḫḏm bn ġṯ bn nhb w wlh ʿl- ʾb -h w ʿl- ʾm -h w ʿl- ʾḫ -h f w{n}y f wlh [[]] f h lt s¹lm l- ḏ s¹ʾr w ʿwr w ḫrm w ṣrm w ṯwl w bhm w ks¹r w bhr l- ḏ yʿwr h- tll
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Translation
By Ḫḏm son of Ġṯ son of Nhb and he was distraught with grief for his father and for his mother and for his brother and {he was depressed} and then he was distraught with grief and so O Lt [grant] security to whoever remains and [inflict] blindness and mutilation of the nose and separation from a friend and madness and dumbness and a broken limb and disappointment to whoever scratches out the words
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
The line of the n of wny is rather long and it is possible it should be read as a l. The author wrote a w after wlh and then erased it.

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Curving edge/curving

Associated Drawings
KRS 439 d/1
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
#0021067
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA