OCIANA
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

KRS 2811

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 2811
Transliteration
l {ṣ}rm bn nʿmy bn wqr w tẓr s²nʾ f h lt s¹lm
Translation
By {Ṣrm} son of Nʿmy son of Wqr and he was lying in wait for enemies and so O Lt [grant] security

Interpretation

Commentary
The loop of the ṣ is slightly doubtful. There are traces of further possible letters near the inscription.

Provenance
Jordan
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Scratched

  • 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
#0023445
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