KRS 2274.1

Siglum
KRS 2274.1
Transliteration
l {ʿ}r w {ḫ}<<>>>rṣ f h lt s¹lm
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Translation
By {ʿr} and {he was on the look out) and so O Lt may he be secure
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
The lines of the ʿ are slightly doubtful and there is a line after the ḫ which is presumably extraneous. It is not absolutely certain that the letter read as the initial l is the first letter of the text as it is written on the edge of the rock and it is possible there are letters before it on another face which was not photographed. Equally, it might be a continuation of KRS 2274 although it is difficult to see why the author wrote the l on the edge of the rock and not after the b of ḥbb.

Technique
Scratched
Direction of Script
Curving

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
#0024046
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA