KRS 1850

Siglum
KRS 1850
Transliteration
l mʿn bn ms¹k bn mʿn bn mtn bn ḥny bn ms¹k bn s²rb bn gld bn ġlmt ḏ- ʾl dʾf w s²ty h- dr s¹nt myt ʾdrm f h lt s¹lm w ʿwr l- ḏ yʿwr h- s¹fr
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Translation
By Mʿn son of Ms¹k son of Mʿn son of Ḥny son of Ms¹k son of S²rb son of Gld son of Ġlmt of the lineage Dʾf and he spent the winter here the year ʾdrm died and so O Lt may he be secure and [inflict] blindness on whoever scratches out the inscription
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
There is a l, n, and m scratched next to the g of the eighth name. The letters have been slightly rubbed over. The ʿ of the word ʿwr is a dot unlike the other ʿ's in the text which are small circles The line across the circle of the following w is rather shallow.

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Special Letter Forms
ʿ a dot (others circles)
Technique
Rocking-blade & incised
Direction of Script
Coil

  • [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
#0022479
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA