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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

KRS 2314

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 2314
Transliteration
l ʿmd bn ms¹k bn ʿ{m}{d} {w} {ḫ}rṣ ʿl- bn -h ʾs²rq ʾ- ʿrḍ f h ds²r w bʿls¹mn s¹lm ----
Translation
By ʿmd son of Ms¹k son of {ʿmd} and {he kept watch} over his son whilst migrating to the inner desert [in] the valley and so O Ds²r and Bʿls¹mn may he be secure ----

Interpretation

Commentary
The letters are very damaged by scratches but most of the reading is certain. The inscription possibly continues but it is difficult to make sense of the traces of letters.

Provenance
Khallat ʿAnazah
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Scratched

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
#0022945
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