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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

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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