KRS 1871

Siglum: KRS 1871
Transliteration: 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
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

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.

Inscriptions recorded by Geraldine King on the Basalt Desert Rescue Survey in north-eastern Jordan in 1989 and published here