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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

KRS 618

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 618
Transliteration
l ḃt b{n} kʿmh bn {k}ʾ
Translation
By Bt {son of} Kʿmh son of {Kʾ}

Interpretation

Commentary
The first n is rather short and the penultimate letter is partly filled in which makes its interpretation doubtful. Part of a scratched cartouche surrounding the inscription is visible on the photograph.

Provenance
Jordan
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Special Letter Forms
ʿ is a dot
Technique
Direct ham. & chiselled

Associated Signs
Cartouche; a large ḫ
Associated Inscriptions
KRS 616 (first face); 617 (second face); 619; 620 (fourth face); 621-627 (fifth 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
#0021246
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