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KRS 80

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 80
Transliteration
l ʾnʿm bn mḥlm bn hms¹k bn wqr b{n} wqr
Translation
By ʾnʿm son of Mḥlm son of Hms¹k son of Wqr {son of} Wqr

Interpretation

Commentary
It is difficult to know how to interpret the second occurrence of bn wqr. It is lightly scratched on the rock above the last two names of the text. The letter read as the n of bn is a long line. If it is the continuation of the genealogy then it is strange the author did not write it after the first occurrence of wqr where there is sufficient space. It is possible it was left out of the middle of the genealogy and should be inserted after mḥlm.

Provenance
Jordan
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Incised & scratched

Associated Inscriptions

  • 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
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0020708
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