KRS 2470

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 2470
Transliteration
h yṯʿ s¹ʿd ḥbkn w tẓr ʾl s²bk w s¹lm ʾl ʿyl s¹nt ywn w tẓr mny
OCIANA
Translation
O Yṯʿ help Ḥbkn and he was on the look out for [the people of] the lineage of S²bk and grant security to [the people of] the lineage of ʿyl the year of Ywn and he awaited Fate
OCIANA
Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
There is a shadow over some of the letters of the middle of the inscription and they cannot be read from the photograph. The field copy however clearly reads ʾl s²bk w s¹lm in the middle. The n of the word s¹nt is written slightly above the other letters.

Editio Princeps
OCIANA

Technique
Scratched
Direction of Script
Curving edge/curving

Associated Signs
Cartouche around KRS 2470–2471; 7 circles
Associated Inscriptions

  • [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
#0023103
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA

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OCIANA,. 'KRS 2470.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/38878. Accessed: 05 Aug, 2025.