KRS 1693

Siglum
KRS 1693
Transliteration
l wqf bn ṣnfn bn grm w mnʿ s¹fry l- ġnṯ m- yẓr
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Translation
By Wqf son of Ṣnfn son of Grm and he protected two inscriptions belonging to Ġnṯ from Yẓr
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
There are some scratches over the inscription after the r of s¹fry but the reading is clear. There are two inscriptions by someone called ġnṯ on the same rock and it is possible that Wqf, the author of KRS 1693, felt they needed protection from someone called Yẓr. Another interpretation of m yẓr would be as a relative clause "who was keeping watch" referring to Ġnṯ. In this case yẓr would be the 3rd person masculine prefix form of nẓr where the n has been assimilated.

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Technique
Incised
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
#0022322
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OCIANA. 'KRS 1693.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/38140. Accessed: 04 Jul, 2025.