OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

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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