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KRS 1161

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 1161
Transliteration
l ms¹k bn s¹wd bn zḥk bn ms²ʿr bn s¹wd bn mlk bn ḥyt bn hbl bn whbn bn qmr bn rṭḫ bn ʿwḏ bn whbʾl w wgd ʾṯr ʾs²yʿ -h ḥrbn s¹nt qtl mnʾt f tqḏ f h lt ʿwr l- ḏ yʿwr h- s¹fr
Translation
By Ms¹k son of S¹wd son of Zḥk son of Ms²ʿr son of S¹wd son of Mlk son of Ḥyt son of Hbl son of Whbn son of Qmr son of Rṭḫ son of ʿwḏ son of Whbʾl and he found the traces of his companions [who were] plundered the year Mnʿt was killed and so he was devastated by grief and so O Lt may whoever scratches out the writing go blind

Interpretation

Provenance
Jordan
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Incised & scratched

Associated Inscriptions

  • 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
#0021789
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