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KRS 1892

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 1892
Transliteration
l ʿzz bn mṯn bn ḍfgt bn ---- bn wṭy bn s¹q w wrd f n{y}t b- ʾmt f h rḍw rw{ḥ}
Translation
By ʿzz son of Mṯn son of Ḍfgt son of ---- son of Wṭy son of S¹q and he came to a watering place and then migrated during Libra and so O Rḍw [grant] {relief from adversity and uncertainty}

Interpretation

Commentary
The rock is chipped after the third bn and nothing remains of the following name or names before bn wṭy. Part of the loop of the second y is damaged. The last letter is damaged by the chip and some hammering. For the interpretation of f n{y}t b- ʾmt see Al-Jallad 2015: 332; and forthcoming.

Provenance
Jordan
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Scratched

Associated Inscriptions
KRS 1890-1891; 1893-1895

  • Inscriptions recorded by Geraldine King on the Basalt Desert Rescue Survey in north-eastern Jordan in 1989 and published here
  • Al-Jallad, A.M. An Outline of the Grammar of the Safaitic Inscriptions. (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics, 80). Leiden: Brill, 2015.
  • Al-Jallad, A.M An Ancient Arabian Zodiac. The Constellations in the Safaitic Inscriptions. Part II. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 27, 2016: 84–106.
Site
Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1989
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0022521
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