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KRS 1879

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 1879
Transliteration
l ʾs¹ bn ʿṭy w rʿy h- ṣnfḥt bql
Translation
By ʾs¹ son of ʿṭy and he pastured the ṣnfḥt on spring herbage

Interpretation

Commentary
On snfḥt see KRS 1426 and 1878. The presence of bql "spring herbage" here 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 1874-1878

  • 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
#0022508
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