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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

KRS 284

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 284
Transliteration
l mlk bn ḏl bn rbn bn {b}s¹{ʾ}
Translation
By Mlk son of Ḏl son of Rbn son of {Bs¹ʾ}

Interpretation

Commentary
The b and ʾ of the last name are damaged by a chip. The three inscriptions on this rock are surrounded by a cartouche of hammered dots.

Provenance
Jordan
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Chiselled

Associated Signs
Cartouche of hammered dots around KRS 284–286; 7 dots
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
#0020912
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