KRS 893

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 893
Transliteration
l nʿmn bn tm bn mty bn mkbl h- gml w rmll
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Translation
By Nʿmn son of Tm son of Mty son of Mkbl is [the drawing of] the male camel and rmll
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
The letters w rmll are carved below the g of gml which is strange since, if they were a continuation of the text, there was sufficient room for them to be carved after and above the end of the word gml. It is difficult to know how to interpret them.

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Incised & scratched
Direction of Script
Curving

Associated Drawings
KRS 893 d/1

  • [KRS] 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
Old OCIANA ID
#0021521
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA