KRS 1695

Siglum
KRS 1695
Transliteration
l qḏy bn yʾs¹ bn drh bn ʿnq bn s¹ḫr w ḫrṣ qn hmlk f h yṯʿ flṭ l -h w tẓr w h rḍy ʿyr m ʿyr {-h}
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Translation
By Qḏy son of Yʾs¹ son of Drh son of ʿnq son of S¹ḫr and he was keeping a look out for the king's slave and so O Yṯʿ may he be relieved and he was waiting and O Rḍy blind whoever scratches {it} out
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
There is a shallower line at a slightly odd angle which gives the last letter the appearance of a ḏ, but is clearly extraneous. The letters hmlk might be the proper name Hmlk or could be read as h- mlk "the king". On the use of ʿyr for ʿwr here see Al-Jallad 2105: 125.

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Incised & scratched
Direction of Script
Curving

Associated Signs
Cartouche; line with a series of lines attached; a ladder shape; miscellaneous lines

  • Al-Jallad, A. An Outline of the Grammar of the Safaitic Inscriptions. (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics, 80). Leiden: Brill, 2015.
  • [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
#0022324
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OCIANA. 'KRS 1695.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/38142. Accessed: 04 Jul, 2025.