KRS 1871
Text Information
- Siglum
- KRS 1871
- Transliteration
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l ṣʿd bn ms¹k bn mʿn bn m{t}n bn ḥny bn m{s¹}k w r{ʿ}y h- ḍʾn f h lt s¹lm w ʿwr l- ḏ yʿwr [h-] s¹fr w ts²wq ʾl- mn ʾḫ {-h} f h lt qbll w {w}gm ʿl- ṣrmt
OCIANA
- Translation
-
By Ṣʿd son of Ms¹k son of Mʿn son of {Mtn} son of Ḥny son of {Ms¹k} and he {pastured} the sheep and so O Lt [grant] security and [inflict] blindness on whoever scratches out the writing and he longed for Mn {his} brother and so O Lt grant a reunion of loved ones and he {grieved} for Ṣrmt
OCIANA
- Language and Script
- Safaitic
Interpretation
- Commentary
- The fourth and sixth names are doubtful but the sequence mtn bn ḥny bn ms¹k occurs in KRS 1840 1843 1846 1849-1850 and it seems likely that the names should be restored here. Only a line of the h before s¹fr is visible and the ʿ of rʿy and the w of wgm are faint.
- Editio Princeps
- OCIANA
- Technique
- Incised
- Direction of Script
- Curving edge/curving
- [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
- #0022500
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Updated
16 Sep, 2024
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OCIANA
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OCIANA,. 'KRS 1871.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/38318. Accessed: 08 Oct, 2025.