KRS 2375

Siglum
KRS 2375
Transliteration
l ʾny bn km bn ʾḥlm bn ṣbḥ bn hwd bn s¹ḥly w ḥll h- dr s¹nt myt qṣr w ḥrz bʿls¹mn f rwḥ l- ḏ ḫrṣ w wgd ʾṯr mʿn f bky w bʾs¹ mẓll ----{r}---- ḏ yʿwr h- ḫṭṭ
OCIANA
Translation
By ʾny son of Km son of ʾḥlm son of Ṣbḥ son of Hwd son of S¹ḥly and he camped here the year Qṣr died and [send] protection Bʿls¹mn and so [grant] relief from adversity and uncertainty to whoever watches and he found the traces of Mʿn and so he wept and remained in despair ----{r} ---- whoever scratches out the carving
OCIANA
Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
It is possible that after mẓll there is a word or words written on another face which has not been photographed. The next four letters are damaged and their reading is uncertain.

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Curving boustrophedon

  • [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
#0023006
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA

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OCIANA. 'KRS 2375.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/38805. Accessed: 15 Jun, 2025.