KRS 2075

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 2075
Alternative Sigla
SIJ 258
Transliteration
l s²ʿṯm bn grm{l}h- gml{n}
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Translation
By S²ʿṯm son of {Grmlh} {is} [the drawing of] {the} {two camels}
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
The eleventh letter has a loop at one end which is not completely closed. The name grmy is not attested and neither is grml as read by SIJ. It is possible the letter should be emended to l and the name grmlh read. If this is correct, the final -h and the following definite article may have been treated as a geminate consonant and therefore not carved twice (see Al-Jallad 2015: 38). The last letter is only a slight dash.

Editio Princeps
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Special Letter Forms
ʿ a dot
Technique
Direct hammered
Direction of Script
Curving

Associated Drawings
KRS 2075 d/1

  • Al-Jallad, A. An Outline of the Grammar of the Safaitic Inscriptions. (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics, 80). Leiden: Brill, 2015.
  • [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
#0022704
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA