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KRS 1878

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 1878
Transliteration
l ḫl bn ʾs¹ w rʿy h- ṣnfḥt
Translation
By Ḫl son of ʾs¹ and he pastured the ṣnfḥt

Interpretation

Commentary
On snfḥt see KRS 1426 and 1879. The presence of bql "spring herbage" in KRS 1879 suggests that snfḥt is not a plant but either an animal or a topographical feature.

Provenance
Jordan
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Incised

Associated Inscriptions
KRS 1874-1877; 1879

  • 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
#0022507
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