KRS 1087

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 1087
Transliteration
l nṣr bn ʿhd bn ḥnn bn ḥṯmt bn ʾnʿm bn ġlmt w h gdʿwḏ h{b} ṯʾr m- ʾl gʿ ẓlmn f ẓlmn f h lt ṯʾr l- ḏ yʿwr
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Translation
By Nṣr son of ʿhd son of Ḥnn son of Ḥḏmt son of ʾnʿm son of Ġlmt and O Gd ʿwḏ grant revenge from [the people of] the lineage of Gʿ [who] have acted extremely unjustly and so O Lt [grant] revenge to whoever scratches out [the writing]
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
After the name of the first deity there is a h and another letter which is damaged by a chip. It is possible the latter should be read a b. For the interpretation of ẓlmn f ẓlmn see Al-Jallad 2016: 162.

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Curving boustrophedon

Associated Inscriptions

  • Al-Jallad, A. An Outline of the Grammar of the Safaitic Inscriptions. (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics, 80). Leiden: Brill, 2015.
  • [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
#0021715
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA