KRS 2782

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 2782
Transliteration
l ʾs¹ bn brny w ḥqqt -h ʾ- s¹my s¹nt s¹lḫ tn b- ḍft rʿy h lt w ds²r ḫlṣt w ts²wq ʾl- ḥbbt -h
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Translation
By ʾs¹ son of Brny and the rains reached him the year s¹lḫ tn b- ḍft rʿy O Lt and Ds²r may he have his special friend and he yearned for his [female] beloved
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
For ḥqqt -h ʾ-s¹my cf Arabic ḥaqqatnī al-šams "the sun reached me" (Lane p. 606c) For ḫlṣt cf. Arabic ḫālisah "[a man's] paricular or special friend", "[a man's] companion, or associate, who converses ... with him" (Lane p.786a).

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Special Letter Forms
s²'s single zig-zag
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
#0023416
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA