KRS 2488

Siglum
KRS 2488
Transliteration
l kṯ {{b}}{{n}} s¹d {b}{n} {{n}}g{y} {{b}}{{n}} {{ʾ}}{{g}}{r}
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Translation
By Kṯ {son of} S¹d {son of} {Ngy} {son of} {ʾgr}
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
The inscription is difficult to interpret and presumably the letters have been altered. We present one possible interpretation here. The fourth letter has the appearance of a w but it seems possible that the b and n have been joined together and an additional line has been added. The b has been joined to the n of the next bn. It is possible the next letter was originally a n and a cross-bar has been added later. The b and n of the third bn have joined together to form a g. A line has been added across the fork of the ʾ to form a ṣ and an additional loop has been added to the following g. One arm of the final letter has only a slight curve and the other has been hammered over.

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Direct hammered
Direction of Script
Curving

Associated Signs
7 lines
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
#0023121
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OCIANA. 'KRS 2488.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/38896. Accessed: 19 Jun, 2025.