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KRS 218

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 218
Transliteration
l gr bn hmlk bn nhḍ bn ḥm{y}n bn ġḍdt h- {d}r
Translation
Gr son of Hmlk son of Nhḍ son of {Ḥmyn} son of Ġḍḍt {was here}

Interpretation

Commentary
The loop of the y is doubtful and it is possible that the d should be read as a q.

Provenance
Jordan
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Incised scratched & mul. scra

Associated Inscriptions
KRS 217 (other face); 219 (third face)

  • 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
#0020846
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