KRS 696

Siglum
KRS 696
Transliteration
l hnʾ bn wrd bn s²{h}yt bn ʾs¹ bn ḥg w ṣyr dṯʾ s¹[n]{t} ngy bnṣʿr f h lt s¹lm w ʿr m ʿwr
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Translation
By Hnʾ son of Wrd son of {S²hyt} son of ʾs¹ son of Ḥg and he returned to a watering place whilst spending the season of the later rains {the year} Bnṣʿr was appointed and so O Lt [grant] security and blind whoever scratches out [the inscription]
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
For the translation of ngy as "was appointed" see Macdonald 2015: 155–156. See KRS 883, for another example of ʿr for the more usual ʿwr.

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Direct hammered
Direction of Script
Coil

Associated Signs
Concentric circles with rays on the outer one
Associated Inscriptions

  • [KRS] Inscriptions recorded by Geraldine King on the Basalt Desert Rescue Survey in north-eastern Jordan in 1989 and published here
  • Macdonald, M.C.A. ‘Romans Go Home’? Rome and other ‘Outsiders’ as viewed from the Syro-Arabian Desert. Pages 145-163 in J.H.E. Dijkstra & G. Fisher (eds), Inside and Out. Interactions between Rome and the Peoples on the Arabian and Egyptian Frontiers in Late Antiquity. (Late Antique History and Religion, 8). Louvain: Peeters, 2014.
Site
Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1989
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0021324
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA