KRS 2842

Siglum
KRS 2842
Transliteration
l bns¹nt bn ʾs¹ bn s¹lmyt w rʿy h- ḏryt nwy
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Translation
By Bns¹nt son of ʾs¹ son of S¹lmyt and he pastured the stony desert whilst migrating
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
For ḏryt perhaps compare Araabic ḏirā "desert, stony wilderness" (Groom 1983: 76).

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Scratched & mul. scratched
Direction of Script
Coil (centre)

Associated Inscriptions
KRS 2835-2836 (first face); 2837-2841 (second face); 2842

  • Groom, N. A Dictionary of Arabic Topography and Placenames. A Transliterated Arabic-English Dictionary with an Arabic Glossary of Topographical Words and Placenames. London: Longman / Beirut: Librairie du Liban, 1983.
  • [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
#0023476
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OCIANA. 'KRS 2842.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/39251. Accessed: 08 Jun, 2025.