KRS 873

Siglum
KRS 873
Transliteration
l ʿby bn zrt bn mʾqn h- rmḫ bql
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Translation
By ʿby son of Zrt son of mʾqn [and he pastured] the herd of camels [on] spring herbage
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
There is a cartouche surrounding this inscription and KRS 874-874.1. On the interpretation of the word rmḫ as a "herd" see Al-Jallad 2015: 338–339. It seemslikely that in this inscription the author left out w rʿy "he pastured" before the noun.

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Chiselled & scratched
Direction of Script
Curving

Associated Signs
Cartouche around KRS 873-874.1; 7 lines; circle with rays
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
#0021501
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA