KRS 1676

Siglum
KRS 1676
Transliteration
l mlḥ bn ʾ{ṣ}hb w rʿy h- nḫl
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Translation
By Mlḥ son of {ʾṣhb} and he pastured the valley
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
The l's in this text have a hook, but the lām auctoris also has extraneous hammer mark making it look like a h. The fork of the ṣ in the second name has a small extraneous mark of a slightly different colour between the prongs making it look like a loop.

Editio Princeps
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Special Letter Forms
ṯ one circle a dot; ʿ a dot
Technique
Direct hammered
Direction of Script
Curving

Associated Inscriptions

  • [KRS] 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
Old OCIANA ID
#0022305
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA