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KRS 1563

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 1563
Transliteration
l ʾs¹lm bn bʾmrh bn ʿbdt bn s¹mk bn s²mt bn ----ʾl bn qny w tẓr ʾs¹my b- mlḥ ʿtq w ḫrṣ h- ḍf ʾgr f h rḍw bdd -h m- nʿm m- ʾgrt -h
Translation
By ʾs¹lm son of Bʾmrh son of ʿbdt son of S¹mk son of S²mt son of ----ʾl son of Qny and he was waiting for the rains during Aquarius a freed man having kept watch for the [lineage of] Ḍf as a hired man and so O Rḍw [grant him] his share in livestock as his compensation

Interpretation

Commentary
The last part of the inscription has been scratched over and the sixth name is difficult to read. The third m from the end has been filled in.

Provenance
Jordan
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Special Features
Infilling
Technique
Scratched & mul. scratched

Associated Inscriptions
KRS 1564 (second face); 1565 (third face); 1566 (fourth 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
#0022192
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