KRS 3074

Siglum: KRS 3074
Transliteration: l s¹qn bn wtr ḏ- ʾl ʿmrt w ʾlt ʾġb s¹lm w ʾgʿ -nh ʿn bn ʾns¹ ʾ- s²nʾ
Translation: By S¹qn son of Wtr of the lineage of ʿmrt and goddess of ʾġb [grant] security because ʾn bn ʾns¹ the enemy has caused him pain

Interpretation

Commentary: The l of s¹lm has some chiselled marks beside it, but we would suggest that this is accidental. We have taken ʾġb here as a place name, i.e. ʾlt ʾġb "goddess of [a place called] ʾġb" similar to ʾlt ʾs¹s¹ and ʾlt h-nmrt, however for an alternative interpretation see Al-Jallad 2022: 94–95. For ʾgʿ "to cause pain" compare Arabic awǧaʿa "he, or it, caused pain" (Lane 3049b). For the unusual 3rd person sg. m. enclitic pronoun -nh see Al-Jallad 2015: 97–98.

Associated Inscriptions

Inscriptions recorded by Geraldine King on the Basalt Desert Rescue Survey in north-eastern Jordan in 1989 and published here
Lane, E.W. An Arabic-English Lexicon, Derived from the Best and Most Copious Eastern Sources. (Volume 1 in 8 parts [all published]). London: Williams & Norgate, 1863-1893.
Al-Jallad, A.M. An Outline of the Grammar of the Safaitic Inscriptions. (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics, 80). Leiden: Brill, 2015.
Al-Jallad, A. The religion and rituals of the nomads of pre-Islamic Arabia: A reconstruction based on the Safaitic inscriptions. (Ancient Languages and Civilizations, 1). Leiden: Brill, 2022.