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KRS 1116

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 1116
Transliteration
l bdbl bn bny bn grmʾl bn mlk bn qḥs² h- tll w wgm ʿl- mlk w ʿl- ʿrfn w ʿl- hgm w ʿl- s¹ʿr w ʿl- ʿwḏn f h l---- s¹lm l- ḏ s¹ʾr m- bʾs¹ w s²ʿhqm lʿn l- ḏ yʿwr h- ḫṭṭ
Translation
By Bdbl son of Bny son of Grmʾl son of Mlk son of Qḥs² are the words and he grieved for Mlk and for ʿrfn and for Hgm and for S¹ʿr and for ʿwḏn and so O L---- [grant] security from despair to whoever remains and S²ʿhqm curse whoever erases the carving

Interpretation

Commentary
The last of letter of the deity's name before s¹lm is unclear in the photograph.

Provenance
Jordan
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Incised & scratched

Associated Drawings
KRS 1116 d/1

  • 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
#0021744
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