KRS 2851

Siglum
KRS 2851
Transliteration
l g{d}d bn ----m----m bn ʿbd w rʿy h- nḫl b- ṯlg b- {k}s¹ʾ ḏkr
OCIANA
Translation
By {Gdd} son of ----m----m son of ʿbd and he pastured the valley while snow fell in {the cosmical setting [or] full moon} of Aquarius
OCIANA
Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
Parts of the third letter are rather doubtful in the photograph. The lines of the sixth letter from the end are rather doubtful and there is an additional line which if part of the letter would suggest it should be read as a rather carelessly inscribed m. There is probably space for three names between the first and last names but most of the letters are damaged and illegible.

Editio Princeps
OCIANA

Technique
Scratched
Direction of Script
Curving

Associated Signs
5 lines with a horizontal line through them
Associated Drawings
KRS 2851 d/1
Associated Inscriptions

  • Al-Jallad, A. An Ancient Arabian Zodiac. The Constellations in the Safaitic Inscriptions. Part II. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 27, 2016: 84–106.
  • [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
#0023485
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024