KRS 1254
Text Information
- Siglum
- KRS 1254
- Transliteration
- l ḥny bn qʿṣn bn ḫlṣ ḏ- ʾl ʿwḏ w mrq ḍʾn w qnṭ ʾ- nhs¹ f h lt s¹lm
- Translation
- By Ḥny son of Qʿṣn son of Ḫlṣ of the lineage of ʿwḏ and he passed by some sheep and was afraid of [i.e. that there would be] the carnivore and so O Lt let him be secure
Interpretation
- Commentary
- The word nahhās in Arabic can mean "any animal that is wont to bite, specifically a wolf or a lion".
- Provenance
- Jordan
- Original Reading Credit
- OCIANA
- Original Translation Credit
- OCIANA
- Special Letter Forms
- f zig-zag; m's loops without curves
- Technique
- Rocking-blade
- Associated Signs
- Cartouche
- 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
- #0021883
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