KRS 1964

Siglum
KRS 1964
Transliteration
l ḍbr bn s¹bʿ bn ḫl w s²ty ʿny {ʾ}lt f ʾḫlṣ ʾ- ḍʾn ḏ- ʾl ḥlṣ
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Translation
By Ḍbr son of S¹bʿ son of {Ḫl} and he wintered taken captive (or suffering distress) [and] {in deficiency} [of provisions] and he made safe the sheep he of the lineage of Ḥlṣ
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
It is possible that the first letter after ʿny is a ḫ but the form of the letter is probably closer to the examples of ʾ in the text than to those of ḫ. ḏ ʾl ḥlṣ is carved in larger letters and the ḏ and ḥ have the Hismaic forms of these letters. If the ʾ before ḍʾn is an article then the lineal affiliation must refer to the author rather than the owner of the sheep.

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Special Letter Forms
ḏ tail has a hook
Technique
Scratched
Direction of Script
Curving

  • [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
#0022593
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA