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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

MKMR 61

Text Information

Siglum
MKMR 61
Alternative Sigla
MCS 1
Transliteration
l ḫzb bn hdrs¹ bn hs²ll
Translation
By Ḫzb son of Hdrs¹ son of Hs²ll

Interpretation

Commentary
Many of the letters of the inscription have been joined to their neighbours either by proximity or by small dots. See Macdonald 1989: 62–63, and the tracing showing the joins, reproduced here from p. 76.

Associated Signs
Cartouche

  • Macdonald, M.C.A. Cursive Safaitic Inscriptions? A Preliminary Investigation. Pages 62-81 in M.M. Ibrahim (ed.), Arabian Studies in Honour of Mahmoud Ghul: Symposium at Yarmouk University December 8-11, 1984. (Yarmouk University Publications: Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology Series, 2). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1989.
  • Inscriptions recorded at Mithnayat Rāǧil, north-eastern Jordan, by Michael Macdonald, Geraldine King, and Ann Searight and published here
Site
Miṯnayat Rāǧil, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1981
Current Location
In situ
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0024436
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