KRS 2340

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 2340
Transliteration
l ʾnhk bn mġyr bn ḥlk bn ḫld bn mġyr ḏ- ʾl ms¹kt w ndm ʿl- ʾb -h w ʿl- ʾdwd -h ʾrbʿt rġm mny w ʿl- ʾḫwl -h ʾrbʿt f rġm mny f h lt w h ds²r s¹ḥqt rhṭ ks¹ṭ w ḏkr tmnh ʾbn fs¹ky
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Translation
By ʾnhk son of Mġyr son of Ḥlk son of Ḫld son of Mġyr of the lineage of Ms¹kt and he was devastated by grief on account of his father and on account of his four paternal uncles struck down by Fate and on account of his four maternal uncles and so he was struck down by Fate and so O Lt and O Ds²r may the kinsfolk of Ks¹ṭ be crushed and he remembered Tmnh ʾbn Fs¹ky
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
The translation is that in Al-Jallad 2015: 263.On the so far unique occurrence of ʾbn where one would expect bn (at the end of the inscription) see Al-Jallad 2015: 52

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Incised & scratched
Direction of Script
Coil

Associated Inscriptions
KRS 2341 (second face)

  • 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
#0022971
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA