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KRS 607

Siglum
KRS 607
Transliteration
l klb bn rḍ----t h- d{ṣ}{y}
Translation
By Klb son of {Rḍ----t} is [the drawing of] the {oryx}

Interpretation

Commentary
Some of the letters are damaged. One end of the penultimate letter is covered by a hammer mark and it is possible that it is a ʾ, ṣ, or h. The word dṣy is found referring to a drawing of an oryx in SIAM 26. However, there is no sign of a drawing of one here. An alternative explanation of the final word is that it is a nisbah but no group with a name *ʾl dʾ(t), dṣ(t), dh(t) is known.

Provenance
Jordan
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Chiselled

Associated Signs
Cartouche around KRS 607–608
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
#0021235
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