KRS 1743

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 1743
Transliteration
l zhy b{n} rgh h- bkrt
OCIANA
Translation
By Zhy {son of} Rgh is [the drawing of] the young she-camel
OCIANA
Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary

The n of bn is unusually long and curved, but it cannot be anything other than a n in this position. There are traces of another inscription (including what looks like a Hismaic d) on the edge of this face of the stone, but it is impossible to read from the existing photographs.

Editio Princeps
OCIANA

Technique
Scraped/scratched
Direction of Script
Curving

Associated Signs
Cartouche
Associated Drawings
KRS 1743 d/1

  • [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
#0022372
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Updated 03 Sep, 2025 by Michael Macdonald

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OCIANA,. 'KRS 1743.' OCIANA. 03 Sep, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/38190. Accessed: 15 Feb, 2026.