KRS 2879

Siglum
KRS 2879
Transliteration
l ḃn{t} bn mfny bn ḫṭs¹t bn mfny bn ḫṭ[s¹t bn] zkr w wgm ʿl- ġṯ w ʿl- wd w ʿl- grmʾl w rʿy b- r{h} f {h} lt ġyrt w s¹lm w mgdt w lʿn ḏ ḫbl w rḍy ḏ d{ʿ}y
OCIANA
Translation
By {Bnt} son of Mfny son of Ḫṭs¹t son of Mfny son of Ḫṭs¹t son of Zkr and he grieved for Ġṯ and for Wd and for Grmʾl and he pastured at {a hillock} and so {O} Lt [grant] abundance and security and plenty and curse whoever damages [the inscription] and [grant] approval of whoever reads [it] aloud
OCIANA
Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
The crossbar of the first t is rather faint and the end of the fifth name and following bn are damaged by an abrasion. The forks of the two letters read as h are very faint and the ʿ is damaged by the abrasion.

Editio Princeps
OCIANA

Technique
Scratched
Direction of Script
Coil (centre)

Associated Inscriptions
KRS 2880 (second face)

  • [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
#0023513
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OCIANA. 'KRS 2879.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/39288. Accessed: 05 Jul, 2025.