OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

KRS 499

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 499
Transliteration
l grmʾl bn {ḏ}ʾl w wr{d} bʿ---- ʾlt fṣy h- s¹nt w n{q}ʾt l- ḏ yʿwr h- s¹fr
Translation
By Grmʾl son of {Ḏʾl} and {he came to a watering place} bʿ---- ʾlt [grant] deliverance this year and [inflict] {ejection from the grave} on whoever scratches out the inscription

Interpretation

Commentary
There is an abrasion over the letters after the first ʿ and before the deity's name. The q is largely covered by a hammer mark.

Provenance
Jordan
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Incised & scratched

Associated Signs
Cartouche around KRS 495-499
Associated Inscriptions
KRS 495-498

  • 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
#0021127
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