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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

KRS 1359

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 1359
Transliteration
l ʾlh bn nqr bn ḏkr {{b}}n s¹ḫb w h rḍy ʿwr l- m ʿwr h- s¹fr
Translation
By ʾlh son of Nqr son of Ḏkr {son of} S¹ḫb and O Rḍy [inflict] blindness on whoever scratches out the writing

Interpretation

Commentary
The fifteenth letter has the appearance of a m. However the line of the inner curve is shallower and thinner than the outer curve and the shape of the letter is different from the other m in the text suggesting that it has been tampered with and was originally a b.

Provenance
Jordan
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Incised & scratched

Associated Signs
Scratched cartouche surrounding this inscription and KRS 1361, and a partial cartouche of hammered dots; circle with rays
Associated Inscriptions
KRS 1358 (first face); 1360-1361

  • 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
#0021988
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