KRS 1698

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 1698
Transliteration
l glf bn ʾs¹d bn ʿmrt bn lqf bn lbʾt bn ʾḥgr bn frhz w h rḍy [ʿ]wr m ʿwr h- s¹fr
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Translation
By Glf son of ʾs¹d son of ʿmrt son of Lqf son of Lbʾt son of ʾḥgr son of Frhz and O Rḍy {blind} whoever scratches out the writing
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
All the r's except that in ʾḥgr and all the m's are decorated with short lines across them. There is a hammer mark over the first ʿ following the deity's name.

Editio Princeps
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Special Features
Letter decoration
Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Curving

  • [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
#0022327
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA

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OCIANA. 'KRS 1698.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/38145. Accessed: 17 Jun, 2025.