KRS 1685

Siglum
KRS 1685
Alternative Sigla
KRA 1
Transliteration
l h ʾ ḏ ṣ b n ḫ d m g w ʿ s² ġ f r ḍ ḥ q ṭ s¹ k ẓ t ṯ z y
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Translation
L H ʾ Ḏ Ṣ B N Ḫ D M G W ʿ S² Ġ F R Ḍ Ḥ Q Ṭ S¹ K Ẓ T Ṯ Z Y
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
KRA Macdonald 2005: 86-87; 2009: I, 86-87.
Commentary
The Safaitic alphabet.

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Incised & scratched
Direction of Script
Curving edge/coil

Associated Inscriptions
KRS 1686-1687 (second face)

  • [KR] King, G.M.H. The Basalt Desert Rescue Survey and Some Preliminary Remarks on the Safaitic Inscriptions and Rock Drawings. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 20, 1990: 55-78.
  • [KRS] Inscriptions recorded by Geraldine King on the Basalt Desert Rescue Survey in north-eastern Jordan in 1989 and published here
  • Macdonald, M.C.A. Literacy in an Oral Environment. Pages 49-118 in P. Bienkowski, C.B. Mee & E.A. Slater (eds), Writing and Ancient Near Eastern Society. Papers in Honour of Alan R. Millard. (Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies, 426). New York / London: T. & T. Clark Library of Biblical Studies, 2005. [Reprinted with the same pagination, plus addenda and corrigenda, as Article I in Macdonald, M.C.A., Literacy and Identity in Pre-Islamic Arabia. (Variorum Collected Studies, 906). Farnham: Ashgate, 2009.]
Site
Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1989
Current Location
Al-Mafraq Antiquities Office and Museum (13)
Subject
ABC
Old OCIANA ID
#0022314
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