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KRS 2914

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 2914
Transliteration
l grmʾl bn mtn bn yqm bn s²qr bn gḥr bn ndʾ bn ʾs²ym bn mʿnʾl bn brzt bn ʾs¹rk bn s¹ly bn qrḥ bn gr bn zm[[]]hr w hy lt ʿwr m ʿwr h- s¹fr w wgd h- mṣb f wgm f hy lt rwḥ
Translation
By Grmʾl son of Mtn son of Yqm son of S²qr son of Gḥr son of Ndʾ son of ʾs²ym son of Mʿnʾl son of Brzt son of ʾs¹rk son of S¹ly son of Qrḥ son of Gr son of {Zmhr} and O Lt blind whoever scratches out the inscription and he found the standing stone and so he grieved and so O Lt [grant] relief from adversity and uncertainty

Interpretation

Commentary
The author appears to have carved two h's in the name zmhr and then rubbed one of them out.

Provenance
Jordan
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Incised

Associated Signs
Cartouche with 7 lines attached to it; 2 series of 7 lines; circle with rays
Associated Inscriptions

  • 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
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0023548
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