KRS 1470
Text Information
- Siglum
- KRS 1470
- Transliteration
- l ʿm bn ḫr bn ḥd bn ṣ{ḥ} ḏ- ʾl ms¹kt w ʾs²rq s¹nt ḫlṣt f h lt [s¹]lm
- Translation
- By ʿm son of Ḫr son of Ḥd son of {Ṣḥ} of the lineage of Ms¹kt and he journeyed to the inner desert the year of Ḫlṣt and so O Lt may he be secure
Interpretation
- Commentary
- One line of the second ḥ is not attached to the rest of the letter probably because it is inscribed on an edge of the rock which would make it difficult. The s¹ of the last word is not visible in the photograph.
- Provenance
- Jordan
- Original Reading Credit
- OCIANA
- Original Translation Credit
- OCIANA
- Special Letter Forms
- n some are dots; ṣ loop is a dot; m one is an elongated oval
- Technique
- Direct hammered
- Associated Inscriptions
- 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
- Script
- Safaitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0022099
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