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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

KRS 1599

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 1599
Transliteration
l qtl bn s¹ḫr w rwḥ rḍw w ḥwb
Translation
By Qtl son of S¹ḫr and [grant] relief from adversity and uncertainty Rḍw and he lamented

Interpretation

Commentary
Part of a cartouche surrounding the inscription is visible in the photograph. There are some scratched lines between the letters and a ladder shape on another face of the rock.

Provenance
Jordan
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Chiselled & direct hammered

Associated Signs
Cartouche with 7 lines and 12 lines attached to it
Associated Inscriptions
KRS 1600 (second 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
#0022228
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