Siglum: KRS 897  Script: Safaitic

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Transliteration
l whbʾl bn ṣʿd bn ys¹mʾl w wgd ʾṯr ṣʿd f ngʿ w ql ḫbl-{h}

Translation
By Whbʾl son of Ṣʿd son of Ys¹mʿl and he found the traces of Ṣʿd and so he grieved in pain and he said may its effacer

Commentary
The reading of h at the end is very doubtful. The vertical line is clear and then there is a lightly scratched line which might be intended to form a rather large fork.

The inscription appears to be unfinished. Compare KRS 213: w wgd ḫṭṭ ġyrʾl f ngʿ w ql ḫbl ḫrm ʾn ygll "and he found the carving of Ġyrʾl so he grieved in pain and said 'may any effacer go mad if it [the inscription] should be erased' " See Al-Jallad 2015: 256, 335.

Subjects
Genealogy

Country: Jordan
Region: Al-Mafraq
Map reference: Sheet 3455 II 557037
Present Location: In situ
Find date: 1989
Field collector: Geraldine King
Survey: Basalt Desert Rescue Survey (BDRS)
Notes: Jordan
Associated Inscriptions: KRS 898; 899 (second face)

References:
Al-Jallad, A.M. An Outline of the Grammar of the Safaitic Inscriptions. (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics, 80). Leiden: Brill, 2015. Pages: 256, 335

[KRS] Inscriptions recorded by Geraldine King on the Basalt Desert Rescue Survey in north-eastern Jordan in 1989 and published here

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