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KRS 1585

Siglum
KRS 1585
Transliteration
l frʾ bn ʿll h- ʾtn w h- gr
Translation
By Frʾ son of ʿll is [the drawing of] the she-ass and the snare

Interpretation

Commentary
For gr perhaps see Lane 400c ǧurrah "a piece of wood about a cubit long having a snare at the head and a cord at the middle with which gazelles are caught". If this interpretation of gr is correct it is not clear whether the she-ass is wild and snared on purpose or a domestic one and snared by accident.

Provenance
Jordan
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Direct hammered

Associated Drawings
KRS 1585 d/1
Associated Inscriptions
KRS 1583-1584

  • Inscriptions recorded by Geraldine King on the Basalt Desert Rescue Survey in north-eastern Jordan in 1989 and published here
  • Lane, E.W. An Arabic-English Lexicon, Derived from the Best and Most Copious Eastern Sources. (Volume 1 in 8 parts [all published]). London: Williams & Norgate, 1863-1893.
Site
Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1989
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0022214
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