KRS 818
Text Information
- Siglum
- KRS 818
- Transliteration
-
l wdmʾl bn grmʾl bn nḫr bn ġrb h- ṣmd w ḏbḥ gml ʿl- -h f s¹lm yṯʿ m- s²nʾ w ʿwr m ʿwr h- ʾs¹fr
OCIANA
- Translation
-
By Wdmʾl son of Grmʾl son of Nḫr son of Ġrb, on the high place, and he sacrificed a male camel on it and so may Yṯʿ give security from enemies and may he blind whosoever effaces these writings
Ahmad Al-Jallad
- Language and Script
- Safaitic 2
Interpretation
- Commentary
- On the meaning and cultural context of the term ṣmd 'high place,' see Al-Jallad (2022: 22-26).
- Editio Princeps
- OCIANA
- Technique
- Incised
- Direction of Script
- Curving boustrophedon
- Associated Inscriptions
- Al-Jallad, A. The religion and rituals of the nomads of pre-Islamic Arabia: A reconstruction based on the Safaitic inscriptions. (Ancient Languages and Civilizations, 1). Leiden: Brill, 2022a.
- [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
- Subjects
- Curse, Genealogy, Prayer, Religion
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0021446
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Updated
30 Nov, 2024
by
Ahmad Al-Jallad