KRS 1009

Siglum
KRS 1009
Transliteration
l qḥs² bn ys¹lm bn ʿwḏn bn mlk w rʿ<<>>y hʾrq w r---- f h s²qm s¹lm m- bʾs¹
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Translation
By Qḥs² son of Ys¹lm son of ʿwḏn son of Mlk and {he pastured} [in] the year of drought w r---- and so O S²qm make him secure from misfortune
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
There is a h between the ʿ and y of rʿy, with a horizontal line between the fork of the h and the loop of the y. The author appears to have omitted both the ʿ and h in s²ʿhqm. For h-ʾrq cf Arabic awrāq "a year of drought".

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Incised & scratched
Direction of Script
Curving boustrophedon

  • [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
#0021637
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA