KRS 799

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 799
Transliteration
l ḥddn bn {ṣ}ʿd bn lʿṯmn w wgm ʿl- ṣ[ʿ]d w ḫrṣ f h lt s¹lm w ʿwr ḏ yʿwr h- s¹fr
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Translation
By Ḥddn son of {Ṣʿd} son of Lʿṯmn and he grieved for {Ṣʿd} and he kept watch and so O Lt [grant] security and blind whoever scratches out the writing
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
The loop of the first ṣ and the whole of the fourth ʿ are covered by hammering. The name ṣʿd after wgm ʿl has been restored on the basis of other texts at this site whose authorst grieve for someone of that name, see KRS 801, 810, 813, 822, 829,and 831.

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Curving boustrophedon

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
#0021427
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA