KRS 967

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 967
Transliteration
l wzy bn kff w rʿy h- ʾbl bql w {ḫ}lf
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Translation
By Wzy son of Kff and he pastured the camels on spring herbage and the later pasture
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
Ḫlf would appear to be the equivalent of Arabic ḫilfah that is plants that grow up after the spring herbage (bql) or "that comes forth not from rain but by reason of the cold of the latter part of the night", or herbage that appears in the season of ṣayf (Safaitic ṣyf) "after the spring herbage has dried up". (Lane 797a)

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Incised & scratched
Direction of Script
Curving

Associated Inscriptions
KRS 963-966; 968; 969-970 (second face)

  • [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
#0021595
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA