KRS 797
Text Information
- 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
- OCIANA
- 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
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Cite this Site
OCIANA,. 'KRS 797.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/37249. Accessed: 01 Sep, 2025.