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KRS 1257

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 1257
Transliteration
l {ʾ}s¹ḫr bn gḥfl bn lbʾt w rʿy h- ḍʾn w q{n}ṭ h- s²nʾ f h gdḍf s¹lm w nqʾt l- ḏ ʿwr h- s¹fr w ts²wq l- ʾhl -h f h s²ʿhqm qbll s¹lm
Translation
By {ʾs¹ḫr} son of Gḥfl son of Lbʾt and he pastured the sheep and was {afraid} of the enemy and so O Gdḍf may he be secure and may whoever scratches out the inscription be thrown out of the grave and he longed for his family and so O S²ʿhqm may there be a safe reunion with loved ones

Interpretation

Commentary
One fork of the second letter is faint and the n read in qnṭ is not entirely certain.

Provenance
Jordan
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Incised scratched & scraped

Associated Signs
8 lines joined together at one end
Associated Inscriptions
KRS 1256 (first face)

  • 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
#0021886
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