KRS 900

Siglum
KRS 900
Transliteration
l nʿmn bn gnʾl bn ḥy bn ṣbḥ w wgd ʾṯr qymt w ʾṯr ṣʿd f ngʿ w rʿy h- ʾbl f wrd mgm----tbṭ f wrd h- nmrt f wr{d} ʾng w rb{t}----
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Translation
By Nʿmn son of Gnʾl son of Ḥy son of Ṣbḥ and he found the traces of Qymt and the traces of Ṣʿd and so he grieved in pain and he pastured the camels and he watered at mgm----tbṭ and then he watered at al-Namārah and the {he watered at} ----
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
The letters mgm are written on the edge of the rock and it is unclear from the photograph whether there are further letters on another face or whether the t is the next letter of the text. After ʾng the text is written on another face and is extremely faint.

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Scratched
Direction of Script
Curving

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
#0021528
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA