KRS 2509

Siglum
KRS 2509
Transliteration
l rbʾl bn ḫfy w rʿ[y] bql w h yṯʿ ġnmt h- {s¹}[n]t w flṭ m- bʾs¹
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Translation
By Rbʾl son of Ḫfy and {he pastured} the spring herbage and O Yṯʿ [grant] booty this {year} and deliverance from despair
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
There are scratches and some hammering covering the inscription. The letter after the first ʿ is damaged by hammering. Given the context it seems likely that y should be restored. The letter read as the first s¹ has a vertical stance unlike the s¹ at the end but it has a short tail suggesting that it is most likely a s¹ and not a h. It also seems most probable that the author left out a n between this letter and the following t and that h- s¹nt should be read.

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Technique
Incised & scratched
Direction of Script
Curving

Associated Signs
Cartouche

  • [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
#0023142
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA