KRS 1468

Siglum
KRS 1468
Transliteration
l mlk bn bls¹ bn ys¹mʾl bn ṣʿd bn ʾs¹ w qṣṣ b- mʾt frs¹ bʿd ʾl ḍf f h gdḍf s¹lm ʾ
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Translation
By Mlk son of Bls¹ son of Ys¹mʾl son of Ṣʿd son of ʾs¹ and he tracked with a hundred horsemen after the tribe of Ḍf and so O Gdḍf may he be secure ʾ
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
There is an ʾ after s¹lm at the end and it is possible the inscription continues on another face. On the possible meaning of mʾt frs¹ here and elsewhere see Macdonald 2014: 160–161.

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Incised & scratched
Direction of Script
Boustrophedon

Associated Signs
3 lines
Associated Inscriptions
KRS 1469 (second face)

  • [KRS] Inscriptions recorded by Geraldine King on the Basalt Desert Rescue Survey in north-eastern Jordan in 1989 and published here
  • Macdonald, M.C.A. ‘Romans Go Home’? Rome and other ‘Outsiders’ as viewed from the Syro-Arabian Desert. Pages 145-163 in J.H.E. Dijkstra & G. Fisher (eds), Inside and Out. Interactions between Rome and the Peoples on the Arabian and Egyptian Frontiers in Late Antiquity. (Late Antique History and Religion, 8). Louvain: Peeters, 2014.
Site
Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1989
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0022097
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA