KRS 797

Siglum
KRS 797
Transliteration
h yṯʿ ʾlh ḥmgt s¹ʿd fn
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Translation
O Yṯʿ god of Ḥmgt help Fn
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
There are several ways to read this inscription. The name fn bn kt bn ḥmgt occurs in KRS 798 (on this stone) and 816 (from this site). Ḥmgt also occurs in WH 191 (where yṯʿ is also invoked), 590, 1991,and ISB 147.

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Direct hammered
Direction of Script
Curving

Associated Signs
Cartouche
Associated Inscriptions

  • [KRS] Inscriptions recorded by Geraldine King on the Basalt Desert Rescue Survey in north-eastern Jordan in 1989 and published here
  • [ISB] Oxtoby, W.G. Some Inscriptions of the Safaitic Bedouin. (American Oriental Series, 50). New Haven, CT: American Oriental Society, 1968.
  • [WH] Winnett, F.V. & Harding, G.L. Inscriptions from Fifty Safaitic Cairns. (Near and Middle East Series, 9). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1978.
Site
Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1989
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0021425
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA

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OCIANA,. 'KRS 797.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/37249. Accessed: 25 Sep, 2025.