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KRS 1013

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 1013
Transliteration
l s²rk bn ḫr bn [[s¹]]krn bn ṣbḥ f h s²ʿhqm ʿwr l- ḏ yʿ[w]r w ----hdrh{d}rnhnfs¹hwnʿmh
Translation
By S²rk son of Ḫr son of {S¹krn} son of Ṣbḥ and so O S²ʿhqm blindness to whoever {scratches out} [the inscription] w ----hdrh{d}rnhnfs¹hwnʿmh

Interpretation

Commentary
The author wrote a ḫ at the beginning of the third name presumably because he forgot he had already written the name ḫr. He then scratched out half of the letter leaving a V shape with a vertical stance which he appears to have used as a s¹ at the beginning of the name. The m of s²ʿhqm has been decorated with lines. The two letters after the second w are partially covered by lichen. The first might be a s¹, g, or w and the second might be a ṯ, ṣ, or y. The loop of the second d is damaged and rather doubtful. The author has omitted the w in yʿ[w]r. It is difficult to make sense of the end of the inscription

Provenance
Jordan
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Special Features
Letter decoration
Technique
Scratched

Associated Inscriptions

  • 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
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0021641
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