KRS 1779

Siglum
KRS 1779
Alternative Sigla
KR 4
Transliteration
l ḥmth bn rbʿ h- bkrt w rʿy h- s²rgt
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Translation
By Ḥmth son of Rbʿ is [the drawing of] the young she-camel and he pastured the area where water flows from the ḥarrah into soft, flat land
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
Part of the m has been filled in. For the interpretation of the word s²rgt see Lane 1529b šarǧ "a place in which water flows from a ḥarrah to a soft or plain, tract".

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Special Features
Infilling
Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Curving edge

Associated Signs
6 lines
Associated Drawings
KRS 1779 d/1

  • [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
  • [Lane] Lane, E.W. An Arabic-English Lexicon, Derived from the Best and Most Copious Eastern Sources. (Volume 1 in 8 parts [all published]). London: Williams & Norgate, 1863-1893.
Site
Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1989
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0022408
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