KRS 2869
Text Information
- Siglum
- KRS 2869
- Transliteration
-
l mḥl bn hby bn ṣʿd bn gbs² bn qflt bn bdn bn ġlm bn yʿly h- ṣrt w ngd w tẓr ʿnd h lt w rḍy w ḏs²r s¹lm ġnmt
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- Translation
-
To Mḥl son of Hby son of Ṣʿd son of Gbs² son of Qflt son of Bdn son of Ġlm son of Yʿly at this structure and he was courageous as he lay in wait there [O] Lt and Rḍy and Ḏs²r [grant] security [and] booty
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- Language and Script
- Safaitic
Interpretation
- Commentary
- The translation follows that in Al-Jallad 2015: 264 (see also p. 153).
- Editio Princeps
- OCIANA
- Technique
- Incised & scratched
- Direction of Script
- Curving
- Associated Signs
- 2 concentric circles with rays on the inner one joining it to the outer one; 10 lines joined together at one end
- Associated Inscriptions
- KRS 2863-2868; 2869.1
- Al-Jallad, A. An Outline of the Grammar of the Safaitic Inscriptions. (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics, 80). Leiden: Brill, 2015.
- [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
- #0023503
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Updated
16 Sep, 2024
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OCIANA. 'KRS 2869.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/39278. Accessed: 04 Jul, 2025.