KRS 720

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 720
Transliteration
l mgd bn ḍhd bn ʿdy bn mty bn s¹krn bn ḍhd bn ʿbṭ bn rbn w {w}gm ʿl- mlkt s¹nt {w}s¹q ʾl ḥwlt {ʾ}l {ḍ}f
OCIANA
Translation
By Mgd son of Ḍhd son of ʿdy son of Mty son of S¹krn son of Ḍhd son of ʿbṭ son of Rbn and {he grieved} for Mlkt the year ʾl Ḥwlt{ confronted} {ʾl} {Ḍf}
OCIANA
Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
Parts of the third w are uncertain and the second ʾ and penultimate letter are damaged.

Editio Princeps
OCIANA

Technique
Incised & scratched
Direction of Script
Curving

  • [KRS] 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
Old OCIANA ID
#0021348
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA

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OCIANA. 'KRS 720.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/37172. Accessed: 08 Jul, 2025.