KRS 1857
Text Information
- Siglum
- KRS 1857
- Transliteration
- l s¹ny bn ḥny bn ġlmt bn mtn bn ḥny w ts²wq ʾl- s¹ny f [[]] h lt qbll w wgm ʿl- ʾb -h w ʿl- ṣrmt ḫl -h f h lt ġyrt w ḫrṣ h- rgʿ s¹nt myt ʾdrm f h gdʿwḏ fṣyt m- b[ʾ]s¹ w ʿwr ḏ yʿwr h- s¹fr w ġnyt l- ḏ dʿy
- Translation
- By S¹ny son of Ḥny son of Ġlmt son of Mtn son of Ḥny and he longed for S¹ny and so O Lt may there be a return of loved ones and he grieved for his father and for Ṣrmt his maternal uncle and so O Lt may he have a change of circumstances he was on the look for the return [of his relatives] the year ʾdrm died and so O Gdʿwḏ may he be delivered from despair and blind whoever scratches out the inscription and may he who would read [it] aloud have abundance
Interpretation
- Commentary
- There are some scratched lines after the fifth name but they do not seem to be part of the inscription. The author has carved a w after the f introducing the prayer and has then scratched over it. The ʾ of the word bʾs¹ is damaged at one end.
- Provenance
- Jordan
- Original Reading Credit
- OCIANA
- Original Translation Credit
- OCIANA
- Technique
- Incised
- Associated Inscriptions
- KRS 1851-1855 (first face); 1856; 1858-1860
- 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
- Script
- Safaitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0022486
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