KRS 756

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 756
Transliteration
l mty bn ʿdy bn mty bn mkbl bn ḍhd bn ʿbṭ w ḏbḥ f h s²ʿhqm s¹lm [m] ʿl- h- ʾbl mtʿt l- mdbr
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Translation
By Mty son of ʿdy son of Mty son of Mkbl son of Ḍhd son of ʿbṭ and he made a sacrifice and so O S²ʿhqm keep safe what is upon the camels [being] provisions for the inner desert
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
The inscription is carved across three rocks. The interpretation is that in Al-Jallad 2015: 257.

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Scratched
Direction of Script
Curving

Associated Inscriptions

  • Al-Jallad, A. An Outline of the Grammar of the Safaitic Inscriptions. (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics, 80). Leiden: Brill, 2015.
  • [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
#0021384
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA