KRS 1610

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 1610
Transliteration
---- bn tm h- nʿmt
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Translation
---- son of tm is [the drawing of] the ostrich
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
Incised down the right edge of the face. The first part of the inscription is covered by rubbing and lines. The use of the word nʿmt here implies that the author is claiming only one of the ostriches, in contrast to the author of KRS 1607 who uses the collective.

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Curving edge

Associated Inscriptions
KRS 1606-1609; 1611-1615 (second face)

  • [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
#0022239
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OCIANA,. 'KRS 1610.' OCIANA. 16 Sep, 2024. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/38057. Accessed: 05 Aug, 2025.