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KRS 196

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 196
Transliteration
l ----lm bn ḏkr bn ḍ[[h]][d]t h- b{y}{f}
Translation
By ----lm son of Ḏkr son of {Ḍhdt} hb{y}{f}

Interpretation

Commentary
There are some lines before the beginning of the inscription and the first letter of the first name has been damaged by hammering. In the third name, the interpretation of the letter after the ḍ is difficult. It is most likely that the author intended to write ḍhdt and wrote a d and then realising that he had left out a h he added a fork to the letter to change it. He did not however rewrite the d which then needed to be added. There is a h, a b, a long line with a loop which might be a y, and a possible f after the third name which are difficult to explain.

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
#0020824
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