KRS 1707

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 1707
Transliteration
l hms¹k bn ts²ry w ḏkr ḥbb f h y{ṯ}ʿ nqm m- ḏ ḍʾw h- ḫṭṭ
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Translation
By Hms¹k son of Ts²ry and he remembered a friend and so O Yṯʿ {exact vengeance} from whoever ḍʾw the carving
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
One loop of the ṯ is rather doubtful. Part of the ḍ has been damaged but it is difficult to see what else it can be, even though its interpretation is difficult.

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Incised & scratched
Direction of Script
Curving

Associated Signs
10 series of 7 lines
Associated Drawings
KRS 1707 d/1
Associated Inscriptions
KRS 1708 (first face)

  • [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
Al-Mafraq Antiquities Office and Museum (12)
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0022336
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA

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OCIANA. 'KRS 1707.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/38154. Accessed: 24 Jun, 2025.