OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

KRS 1720

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 1720
Transliteration
l mnʿm bn ḥrs¹ bn mʾqn bn mlkt w ḫrṣ s²nʾ f h lt s¹lm w rʿy ʾ- ʾbl w ʿwr ḏ yʿwr h- ḫṭṭ
Translation
By Mnʿm son of Ḥrs¹ son of Mʾqn son of Mlkt and he was on the look out for enemies and so O Lt may he be secure and he pastured the camels and blind whoever scratches out the carving

Interpretation

Provenance
Jordan
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Incised

Associated Signs
Cartouche; circle with rays with small circles on the end
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
#0022349
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