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KRS 1086

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 1086
Transliteration
l s¹krn bn ḫṭs¹t bn s¹krn bn grmʾl bn mġny w rʿy h- ḍʾn s¹nt ngy hnʾ hdy f ʿyl l- -h w qnṭ ʾl mḫṭ f h gdḍf s¹lm
Translation
By S¹krn son of Ḫṭs¹t son of S¹krn son of Grmʾl son of Mġny and he pastured the sheep the year Hnʾ was appointed commander and so he provided for them [the sheep] and he feared [the people of] the lineage of Mḫṭ and so O Gdḍf may he be secure

Interpretation

Commentary
The object of ʿyl l- -h is presumably the sheep.

Provenance
Jordan
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Special Letter Forms
k straight line with diagonal line near the middle; f two zig-zags
Technique
Incised & scratched

  • 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
#0021714
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