KRS 1120

Siglum
KRS 1120
Transliteration
l ʿḏ bn ʿqrb bn ḥmyn w wgd ʾṯr ʾb -h f ngʿ w ḥll h- dr {f} {h} lt s¹lm ---- {ḥ}dṯ s¹fr ʾb -h
OCIANA
Translation
By ʿḏ son of ʿqrb son of Ḥmyn and he found the inscription of his father and so he was sad and he camped here {and so} {O} Lt may he be secure ---- {he renewed} the writing of his father
OCIANA
Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
The two letters after the word dr are covered by an abrasion. The rock is damaged after the m of s¹lm and it is possible a w should be restored. The following ḥ is not entirely clear on the photograph. It seems likely that KRS 1121 was written by the author's father.

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Curving boustrophedon

Associated Signs
Cartouche around KRS 1120–1121; 7 lines surrounded by a cartouche
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
#0021748
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OCIANA,. 'KRS 1120.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/37571. Accessed: 19 Aug, 2025.