KRS 3281
Text Information
- Siglum
- KRS 3281
- Transliteration
- l ḥd bn mḥrk bn mty w ḫrṣ ʿ{n}{z}t h- gʿlt f h
t s¹lm ḏ s¹ʾr - Translation
- By Ḥd son of Mḥrk son of Mty and he kept watch at {ʿnzt} h- gʿlt and so O {Lt} keep safe those whoever leaves [the inscription] intact
Interpretation
- Commentary
- The letter read as n in the word after ḫrṣ is rather long and it is possible that it should be read as a l. The cross-bar of the z is a slightly different technique to other lines of the text. The l of the deity's name has a diagonal stroke over one end giving it the appearance of a h. ʿnzt here could be Jabal ʿAnāzah in north eastern Jordan (32.37583333 N 37.07194444 E) but it could also mean "he watched over his goats"
- Original Reading Credit
- OCIANA
- Original Translation Credit
- OCIANA
- Technique
- Incised & scratched
- Associated Inscriptions
- KRS 3281 (first face); 3282-3283; 3285-3287
- 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
- Al-Mafraq Antiquities Office and Museum (1)
- Subject
- Genealogy
- Script
- Safaitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0023922
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