KRS 815

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 815
Transliteration
l tʿmr bn ʾs²{ʾ}m
OCIANA
Translation
By Tʿmr son of {ʾs²ʾm}
OCIANA
Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
There is a slight step in the rock after the s² and the author has not inscribed one line of the fork of the penultimate letter (ʾ) giving it the appearance of a k. The names tʿmr bn ʾs²ʾm occur in KRS 602.

Editio Princeps
OCIANA

Special Letter Forms
y a dot
Technique
Direct hammered
Direction of Script
Curving

Associated Inscriptions

  • [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
#0021443
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA

Cite this Site

OCIANA, 'KRS 815,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/37267. Accessed: 10 Mar, 2026.