KRS 1656

Siglum: KRS 1656
Transliteration: l ḥs¹n bn ḥrm bn ḥs²k{{w}} bn {s¹}{ḥ}{l}y w hʾns¹bh{ʿ}dfs¹flʿlqqhġzz
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Translation: By Ḥs¹n son of Ḥrm son of Ḥs²kw bn {s¹ḥly} w hʾns¹bh----dfs¹flʿlqqhġzz
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Language and Script: Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary: It looks as though the author wrote an ʾ and then surrounded the letter with a loop either as decoration or to form the w in the name ḥs²kw. The first letter of the fourth name might be a ẓ. The next letter is damaged by hammering but three prongs are visible and the l is written to the side of of the ḥ and y and it is difficult to know whether it is a letter or extraneous to the text. The letter after the second h is damaged and badly formed. It is possible it should be read as a ʿ.

Associated Signs

Cartouche surrounding KRS 1656–1657; 7 circles

Associated Inscriptions

[KRS] Inscriptions recorded by Geraldine King on the Basalt Desert Rescue Survey in north-eastern Jordan in 1989 and published here

Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA