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KRS 3051

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 3051
Transliteration
l ns²l{{ʾ}}{{l}} bn wdq bn m{{r}}{{ʾ}}t {{h-}} bkrt w nbʾ h- gb w bʾs¹ ḫrṣ ʿl- h- ḍbʾ
Translation
By {Ns²lʾl} son of Wdq son of {Mrʾt} is the young she-camel he went forth [in] the clear and spacious tract of land and he despaired whilst on the look-out for the raiding party

Interpretation

Commentary
There are ligatures joining some of the letters and some of the letters have been altered. The second letter has been joined to the following s². The forks of the ʾ's of the first name and the third name have been joined to change the letters into ṣ's. A short dash has been added to the final letter of the first name and the r of the third name has been joined to the following letter and has a short line protruding from the middle.

Provenance
Jordan
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Special Features
Ligatures
Special Letter Forms
q loop a dot; ṣ loop a dot; ʿ a dot
Technique
Direct hammered

Associated Drawings
KRS 3051 d/1
Associated Inscriptions
KRS 3049-3050; 3052-3055

  • 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
#0023688
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