KRS 1164

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 1164
Transliteration
l mġṯ bn gnʾl w wrd f ny tl ḫms¹ m- nmrt f h bʿls¹mn [[]] [[]] [[]] [[]] rwḥ
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Translation
By Mġṯ son of Gnʾl and he came to a watering-place f ny tl ḫms¹ m- nmrt and so O Bʿls¹mn [grant] relief from adversity and uncertainty
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
The passage between wrd and the prayer is difficult to interpret. It seems unlikely that nmrt here refers to al-Namārah since this always appears as h-nmrt in Safaitic. The author wrote mrwḥ after the deity's name and then crossed the letters out and wrote the word rwḥ next to them.

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Scratched
Direction of Script
Curving boustrophedon

  • [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
#0021792
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OCIANA,. 'KRS 1164.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/37615. Accessed: 16 Aug, 2025.