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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

KRS 3046

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 3046
Transliteration
---- bn ʾlf bn mrʾ bn qs¹m w wgm w tẓr h- s¹my f h lt wḥ w nqʾt l- ḏ ʿwr
Translation
---- son of ʾlf son of Mrʾ son of Qs¹m and he grieved and he waited for the rain and so O Lt [grant] {relief from adversity and uncertainty} and may whoever scratches out [the inscription] be thrown out of his grave

Interpretation

Commentary
The letters of the first two names have been hammered over and the first name is very uncertain. The r of the word rwḥ has a kink in it which gives it the appearance of a f.

Provenance
Jordan
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Special Features
Ligatures
Technique
Direct ham. & scratched

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
#0023683
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