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KRS 2363

Siglum
KRS 2363
Transliteration
l ʿbd bn bdbl bn ʿbd bn grmʾl bn wḥs² {b}{n} ---- bn ʿwḏ w wgm ʿl- ṣʿd w ʿl- ġnṯ w ʿl- ḥb {w} ʿl- ḫl -h f h lt s¹lm l- ḏ s²r
Translation
By ʿbd son of Bdbl son of ʿbd son of Grmʾl son of Wḥs² {son of} ---- son of ʿwḏ and he grieved for Ṣʿd and for Ġnṯ and for Ḥb {and} for his maternal uncle and so O Lt [grant] security to whoever is of good character

Interpretation

Commentary
The photographs are inadequate to be certain of parts of the reading. After wḥs² the inscription is carved on the second and third faces and it seems likely that there is another name before ʿwḏ. The preceding b and n are partially covered by lichen. The seventh w is rather faint. For the interpretation of s²r see Lane (1617b) šār “a man goodly in his internal, or intrinsic, states or qualities, and equally so in his outward appearance”.

Provenance
Khallat ʿAnazah
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Incised

Associated Inscriptions
KRS 2361-2362; 2364

  • Inscriptions recorded by Geraldine King on the Basalt Desert Rescue Survey in north-eastern Jordan in 1989 and published here
  • Lane, E.W. An Arabic-English Lexicon, Derived from the Best and Most Copious Eastern Sources. (Volume 1 in 8 parts [all published]). London: Williams & Norgate, 1863-1893.
Site
Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1989
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0022994
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