KRS 1684

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 1684
Transliteration
l s¹bʿ bn gḥfl w ngy m- ġ{d}t ḫbṯt f h lt w gdḍf s¹lm w mgd w {ʾ}ṭlq l- h- dṣy
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Translation
By S¹bʿ son of Gḥfl and he escaped from a disgusting {skin disease} and so O Lt and Gdḍf may there be security and abundance and he let the oryx go.
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
The loop of the d in ġ{d}t prtrudes slightly on the other side of the ste, The Arabic word ġuddah can mean almost any kind of illness involving swellings or eruptions on the skin (see Lane).

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Incised & scratched
Direction of Script
Curving boustrophedon

  • [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
#0022313
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA