OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

KRS 567

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 567
Transliteration
l kʿmh bn ws¹ʿ bn mlk {b}n zgr bn s²rb w wgm ʿl- ḥbb
Translation
By Kʿmh son of Ws¹ʿ son of Mlk {son of} Zgr son of S²rb and he grieved for a friend

Interpretation

Commentary
The b after the name mlk has been hammered over and only a part of the letter is visible. There is a cartouche surrounding the text.

Provenance
Jordan
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Chiselled & direct hammered

Associated Signs
Cartouchl series of lines attached to the cartouche; 7 dots; circle with rays; 6 concentric circles
Associated Inscriptions
KRS 568-569 (other face); 570 (third face)

  • 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
#0021195
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