KRS 1141

Siglum
KRS 1141
Transliteration
l s¹ny bn ṣʿd bn ḍb bn ʿbd bn ʾdm bn ms¹k w wgd ʾṯr s¹ny w mṣry w nẓrʾl w ʿbd w ṣʿd w ml{k} w mġn{y} w mʿn w {ḍ}b ʿm -h ḍlln f qṣf
OCIANA
Translation
By S¹ny son of Ṣʿd son of Ḍb son of ʿbd son of ʾdm son of Ms¹k and he found the traces of S¹ny and Mṣry and Nẓrʾl and ʿbd and Ṣʿd and {Mlk} and Mġny and Mʿn and {Ḍb} his grandfather [all of whom] had died and so he was filled with sadness
OCIANA
Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
Some of the letters are damaged by hammermarks but the readings are more or less certain. The phrase f qṣf is scratched more lightly than the rest of the text.

Editio Princeps
OCIANA

Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Curving boustrophedon

Associated Inscriptions

  • [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
#0021769
Download Images
Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA