Siglum: KRS 1684  Script: Safaitic

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Transliteration
l s¹bʿ bn gḥfl w ngy m- ġ{d}t ḫbṯt f h lt w gdḍf s¹lm w mgd w {ʾ}ṭlq l- h- dṣy

Translation
By S¹bʿ son of Gḥfl and he escaped from a disgusting {skin disease} and so O Lt and Gdḍf may there be security and abundance and he let the oryx go.

Commentary
The loop of the d in ġ{d}t prtrudes slightly on the other side of the ste,

The Arabic word ġuddah can mean almost any kind of illness involving swellings or eruptions on the skin (see Lane).

Subjects
Genealogy

Country: Jordan
Region: Al-Mafraq
Map reference: Sheet 3555 III 649991
Present Location: In situ
Find date: 1989
Field collector: Geraldine King
Survey: Basalt Desert Rescue Survey (BDRS)
Notes: Jordan

References:
[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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