KRS 931

Siglum
KRS 931
Transliteration
l kʿm[[h]] bn ġṯ w wgd s¹fr ḥbb f wgm
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Translation
By {Kʿmh} son of Ġṯ and he found the writing of a friend and so he grieved
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
The author carved a ḫ after the m of the first name and then seems to have corrected his mistake by inscribing multiple lines over a prong and one line to form a h.

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Scratched & mul. 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
#0021559
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA

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OCIANA. 'KRS 931.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/37383. Accessed: 17 Jun, 2025.