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KRS 1131

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 1131
Transliteration
l ʿm bn ḥd bn ʾbgr bn ʾs¹ḫr bn s²ḥtr w ḥl ṣ{y}r h- dr m- ʿdy {w} ḫrṣ ʾhl -h ḥḍr f h ʾḥd w h lt s¹lm w ġnmt l- ḏ dʿ{y}
Translation
By ʿm son of Ḥd son of ʾbgr son of ʾs¹ḫr son of S²ḥtr and he camped here {while returning to a watering place} from ʿdy {and} he was on the look-out for his family who were camping near a permanent source of water and so O ʾḥd and O Lt may he who {would read aloud} be secure and have booty

Interpretation

Commentary
The loops of the first and third y's are doubtful and the crossbar of the second w is faint. The letters after the fifth ʾ are written on the edge of the rock and it is not entirely sure that there are not further letters between the ʾ and the ḥ.

Provenance
Jordan
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Incised

Associated Signs
7 lines

  • 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
#0021759
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