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KRS 720

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 720
Transliteration
l mgd bn ḍhd bn ʿdy bn mty bn s¹krn bn ḍhd bn ʿbṭ bn rbn w {w}gm ʿl- mlkt s¹nt {w}s¹q ʾl ḥwlt {ʾ}l {ḍ}f
Translation
By Mgd son of Ḍhd son of ʿdy son of Mty son of S¹krn son of Ḍhd son of ʿbṭ son of Rbn and {he grieved} for Mlkt the year ʾl Ḥwlt{ confronted} {ʾl} {Ḍf}

Interpretation

Commentary
Parts of the third w are uncertain and the second ʾ and penultimate letter are damaged.

Provenance
Jordan
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Incised & scratched

  • 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
#0021348
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