KRS 2870
Text Information
- Siglum
- KRS 2870
- Transliteration
-
l ḥḍr bn ḫl bn whbʾl bn ʾdm w nfr m- ḥwlt w ḫrṣ f h lt fṣyt l- ḏ ḫr[ṣ] w s¹lm w ʿwr ḏ yʿwr
OCIANA
- Translation
-
By Ḥḍr son of Ḫl son of Whbʾl son of ʾdm and he escaped from Ḥwlt and he kept watch and so O Lt [grant] deliverance to him who keeps watch and [grant] security and blind whoever scratches out [the inscription]
OCIANA
- Language and Script
- Safaitic
Interpretation
- Commentary
- The last letter of the first occurrence of ḫrṣ is covered by lichen.
- Editio Princeps
- OCIANA
- Technique
- Incised & scratched
- Direction of Script
- Curving boustrophedon
- 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
- #0023504
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Updated
16 Sep, 2024
by
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Cite this Site
OCIANA. 'KRS 2870.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/39279. Accessed: 05 Jul, 2025.