KRS 1903
Text Information
- Siglum
- KRS 1903
- Transliteration
-
l whbʾl bn ʾktb w ḫrṣ ʿl- rgl -h f h lt s¹lm w nqʾt l- ḏ yʿwr
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- Translation
-
By Whbʾl son of ʾktb he watched over his men and so O Lt may he be secure and may whoever scratches out [the inscription] be thrown out of his grave
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- Language and Script
- Safaitic
Interpretation
- Commentary
- There are some additional lines inscribed over the ʿ and top of the l after the word ḫrṣ. It is possible that rgl should be interpreted as "foot-soldiers" in a unit led by Whbʾl.
- Editio Princeps
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- Technique
- Scratched
- Direction of Script
- Curving
- Associated Inscriptions
- KRS 1896-1902
- [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
- #0022532
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Updated
16 Sep, 2024
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