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KRS 823

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 823
Transliteration
l tm bn flṭt bn bhs² bn ʾḏnt bn ʾs¹lm w wgm ʿ{l}- {ḥ}bb
Translation
By Tm son of Flṭt son of Bhs² son of ʾḏnt son of ʾs¹lm and he grieved {for} {a friend}

Interpretation

Commentary
The inscription is damged at the end and only parts of the l of ʿl is visible. It is possible that the next letter should be as a ḏ rather than a ḥ.

Provenance
Jordan
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Technique
Incised

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
#0021451
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