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KRS 815

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 815
Transliteration
l tʿmr bn ʾs²{ʾ}m
Translation
By Tʿmr son of {ʾs²ʾm}

Interpretation

Commentary
There is a slight step in the rock after the s² and the author has not inscribed one line of the fork of the penultimate letter (ʾ) giving it the appearance of a k. The names tʿmr bn ʾs²ʾm occur in KRS 602.

Provenance
Jordan
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Special Letter Forms
y a dot
Technique
Direct hammered

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
#0021443
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